20000729018419I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-23-160 · London, OH · July 29, 2000

Date
July 29, 2000 · 10:52 local
Place
London, OH
Airport
Madison County Airport
Phase of flight
Touch And Go Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4088P
Reported as
Piper PA23160
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,811 total13 in this make and model72 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The pilot in command was unable to maintain directional control of the aircraft during the takeoff portion of a touch-n-go. The aircraft departed the left side of the runway at a shallow angle. The aircraft struck several runway lights and two taxiway signs. The left main landing gear collapsed followed by the nose gear.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT IN COMMAND WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT DURING THE TAKEOFF PORTION OF A TOUCH-N-GO. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AT A SHALLOW ANGLE. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK SEVERAL RUNWAY LIGHTS AND TWO TAXIWAY SIGNS. THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED FOLLOWED BY THE NOSE GEAR.