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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-200 · Cleveland, OH · April 12, 2003

Date
April 12, 2003 · 15:45 local
Place
Cleveland, OH
Airport
Cuyahoga County
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N32088
Reported as
Piper PA28R200
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
972 total448 in this make and model26 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) Aircraft was in "landing" phase of flight. Winds on final were reported at 10 knots with gust of 330 degrees. Pilot was in normal flare of aircraft, approximately three feet left of center. Pilot indicated in written statement, "a gust of crosswind hit the aircraft at touch down." The aircraft veered too FAR left of center causing leading edge of left wing to strike a light post located at edge of runway.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS IN "LANDING" PHASE OF FLIGHT. WINDS ON FINAL WERE REPORTED AT 10 KNOTS WITH GUST OF 330 DEGREES. PILOT WAS IN NORMAL FLARE OF AIRCRAFT, APPROXIMATELY THREE FEET LEFT OF CENTER. PILOT INDICATED IN WRITTEN STATEMENT, "A GUST OF CROSSWIND HIT THE AIRCRAFT AT TOUCH DOWN." THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TOO FAR LEFT OF CENTER CAUSING LEADING EDGE OF LEFT WING TO STRIKE A LIGHT POST LOCATED AT EDGE OF RUNWAY.

Other reports on N32088 · 3

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