20011230035929I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-161 · Janesville, WI · December 30, 2001

Date
December 30, 2001 · 10:00 local
Place
Janesville, WI
Airport
Rock County
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N36276
Reported as
Piper PA28161
Reported engine
Lycoming O320D3G
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
17 total17 in this make and model17 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) Student pilot, on takeoff roll, accelerated off left side of runway and hit VASI light. No meteorological, mechanical, or runway conditions were found to be a factor. Minor damage to aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) STUDENT PILOT, ON TAKEOFF ROLL, ACCELERATED OFF LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY AND HIT VASI LIGHT. NO METEOROLOGICAL, MECHANICAL, OR RUNWAY CONDITIONS WERE FOUND TO BE A FACTOR. MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.