20030911022599I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Pawtucket, RI · September 11, 2003

Date
September 11, 2003 · 13:30 local
Place
Pawtucket, RI
Airport
North Central State
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5944U
Reported as
Piper PA28140
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
600 total106 in this make and model

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) Philip keohane departed from owd in N5944U and was described by owd twr chief as "foggy and disoriented", asked to depart west and flew 5 NM east then turned and climbed into the class b without a clearance. He arrived at sfz and made what was described by a DPE as a dangerous approach narrowly missing another aircraft and the VASI lights on the right of the runway and then executed a go around. His second approach was described by two witness statements as out of control. He attempted to land 500-600' behind another aircraft on the runway and bounced a number of times before the aircraft stayed on the ground and veered off the left side of the runway, striking a runway light and demolishing it. Pilot then proceeded to taxi down the grass with a flat nosewheel and made several attempts to get back onto the runway. He proceeded to the end of the runway, two right turns onto the parallel taxiway and taxied to the ramp area where airport personnel met him and he shutdown the aircraft. Damage included a flat nosewheel, broken left wheel pant, and damaged left wingtip. Roger taylor, line service supervisor, helped the pilot out of the aircraft and said that he had a noticeable limp.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PHILIP KEOHANE DEPARTED FROM OWD IN N5944U AND WAS DESCRIBED BY OWD TWR CHIEF AS "FOGGY AND DISORIENTED", ASKED TO DEPART WEST AND FLEW 5 NM EAST THEN TURNED AND CLIMBED INTO THE CLASS B WITHOUT A CLEARANCE. HE ARRIVED AT SFZ AND MADE WHAT WAS DESCRIBED BY A DPE AS A DANGEROUS APPROACH NARROWLY MISSING ANOTHER AIRCRAFT AND THE VASI LIGHTS ON THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY AND THEN EXECUTED A GO AROUND. HIS SECOND APPROACH WAS DESCRIBED BY TWO WITNESS STATEMENTS AS OUT OF CONTROL. HE ATTEMPTED TO LAND 500-600' BEHIND ANOTHER AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY AND BOUNCED A NUMBER OF TIMES BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT STAYED ON THE GROUND AND VEERED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, STRIKING A RUNWAY LIGHT AND DEMOLISHING IT. PILOT THEN PROCEEDED TO TAXI DOWN THE GRASS WITH A FLAT NOSEWHEEL AND MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO GET BACK ONTO THE RUNWAY. HE PROCEEDED TO THE END OF THE RUNWAY, TWO RIGHT TURNS ONTO THE PARALLEL TAXIWAY AND TAXIED TO THE RAMP AREA WHERE AIRPORT PERSONNEL MET HIM AND HE SHUTDOWN THE AIRCRAFT. DAMAGE INCLUDED A FLAT NOSEWHEEL, BROKEN LEFT WHEEL PANT, AND DAMAGED LEFT WINGTIP. ROGER TAYLOR, LINE SERVICE SUPERVISOR, HELPED THE PILOT OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT AND SAID THAT HE HAD A NOTICEABLE LIMP.