# Incident 20050312004449I: Piper PA28140, Little Falls, MN, March 12, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 12, 2005, 12:30 local time
- Place: Little Falls, MN
- Airport: Little Falls/Morrison Co Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.9877° N, 94.3548° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Little Falls, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.9877&lon=-94.3548&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6551W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6551W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 32 total, 15 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050312004449I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) UPON TAKEOFF PILOT REPORTED THAT AT APPROXIMATELY 40 TO 50 MPH, THE AIRCRAFT WAS PULLING TO THE LEFT. PILOT REPORTED THAT HE APPLIED RIGHT RUDDER WITH NO EFFECT. PILOT REPORTED THAT HE REDUCED THE POWER AND APPLIED BRAKES TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF. THE AIRCRAFT EXITED THE RUNWAY ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY STRIKING A SNOW BANK. IMPACT WITH THE SNOW BANK CAUSED THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE THUS ALLOWING THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE GROUND. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT BRAKING SYSTEM REVEALED NO OBVIOUS DEFECTS. LETTER OF NO FLY SOLO ISSUED TO PILOT UNTIL FURTHER TRAINING AND CFI AUTHORIZATION TO SOLO AGAIN.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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