20040414005059I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-180 · Durango, CO · April 14, 2004

Date
April 14, 2004 · 09:05 local
Place
Durango, CO
Airport
Durango-La Plata County
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8003W
Reported as
Piper PA28180
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
25 total25 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) After touchdown the aircraft swerved to the left off the runway. The pilot stated that he was not on the brakes. The aircraft nosed over and then settled back on its landing gear. A runway light was hit near where the aircraft came to rest. The prop struck the ground, the right wing tip was scraped and the nose gear fork was bent. The flight instructor, privacy data omitted , stated that he endorsed the logbook for solo flight and for cross country flights. The flight in question was also endorsed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT SWERVED TO THE LEFT OFF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS NOT ON THE BRAKES. THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER AND THEN SETTLED BACK ON ITS LANDING GEAR. A RUNWAY LIGHT WAS HIT NEAR WHERE THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST. THE PROP STRUCK THE GROUND, THE RIGHT WING TIP WAS SCRAPED AND THE NOSE GEAR FORK WAS BENT. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ , STATED THAT HE ENDORSED THE LOGBOOK FOR SOLO FLIGHT AND FOR CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHTS. THE FLIGHT IN QUESTION WAS ALSO ENDORSED.

Other reports on N8003W · 1

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