20010107012199I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-161 · Caldwell, NJ · January 7, 2001

Date
January 7, 2001 · 13:34 local
Place
Caldwell, NJ
Airport
Essex County Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2321M
Reported as
Piper PA28161
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
85 total85 in this make and model

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What happened

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

(-23)Airman (student pilot) veered to his left after touch down causing airplane to dig into snow bank resulting in a horizontal semi-cartwheel into the bank itself. Minor damage to nose cowl. Student thinks it was inadvertent left brake pressure.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)AIRMAN (STUDENT PILOT) VEERED TO HIS LEFT AFTER TOUCH DOWN CAUSING AIRPLANE TO DIG INTO SNOW BANK RESULTING IN A HORIZONTAL SEMI-CARTWHEEL INTO THE BANK ITSELF. MINOR DAMAGE TO NOSE COWL. STUDENT THINKS IT WAS INADVERTENT LEFT BRAKE PRESSURE.