20010813021919I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA60600 · Middletown, PA · August 13, 2001

Date
August 13, 2001 · 15:03 local
Place
Middletown, PA
Airport
Harrisburg International Airport-Olmsted
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
O3TA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N600VF
Reported as
Piper PA60600
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540K1J5
Pilot’s flight hours
4,900 total1,000 in this make and model75 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) During landing on runway 31 at MDT, aircraft encountered thunderstorms with rain and wind gust. Aircraft entered standing water on runway and encountered wind gusts that forced the aircraft off the right side of runway 31. Right hand propeller blade struck runway light causing minor damage to one blade. Aircraft taxied to parking without incident.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) DURING LANDING ON RUNWAY 31 AT MDT, AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH RAIN AND WIND GUST. AIRCRAFT ENTERED STANDING WATER ON RUNWAY AND ENCOUNTERED WIND GUSTS THAT FORCED THE AIRCRAFT OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY 31. RIGHT HAND PROPELLER BLADE STRUCK RUNWAY LIGHT CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO ONE BLADE. AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO PARKING WITHOUT INCIDENT.