20030212005999I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-161 · Crafton, ND · February 12, 2003

Date
February 12, 2003 · 19:40 local
Place
Crafton, ND
Airport
Grafton Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
OG5S
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N260ND
Reported as
Piper PA28161
Reported engine
Lycoming O320D3G
Pilot’s flight hours
67 total22 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

(-23) This incident occurred when the aircraft, being operated under 14 CFR part 91 as a solo training flight under an approved course of training at a 14 CFR part 141 pilot school, landed on runway 35 at the Grafton, ND airport. The aircraft touched down on or near the center line but immediately began veering left. The skid continued unabated and the aircraft left the paved surface of the runway and continued into the adjacent field which was covered with shallow snow. The aircraft nose gear failed with the nose wheel breaking off the fork holding the whee. The airplane then came to a stop in a nose down position which damaged the propeller. No other damage occurred. privacy data omitted No injuries occurred.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN THE AIRCRAFT, BEING OPERATED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 AS A SOLO TRAINING FLIGHT UNDER AN APPROVED COURSE OF TRAINING AT A 14 CFR PART 141 PILOT SCHOOL, LANDED ON RUNWAY 35 AT THE GRAFTON, ND AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON OR NEAR THE CENTER LINE BUT IMMEDIATELY BEGAN VEERING LEFT. THE SKID CONTINUED UNABATED AND THE AIRCRAFT LEFT THE PAVED SURFACE OF THE RUNWAY AND CONTINUED INTO THE ADJACENT FIELD WHICH WAS COVERED WITH SHALLOW SNOW. THE AIRCRAFT NOSE GEAR FAILED WITH THE NOSE WHEEL BREAKING OFF THE FORK HOLDING THE WHEE. THE AIRPLANE THEN CAME TO A STOP IN A NOSE DOWN POSITION WHICH DAMAGED THE PROPELLER. NO OTHER DAMAGE OCCURRED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ NO INJURIES OCCURRED.

Other reports on N260ND · 2

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.