20051118033379I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-180 · Anderson, IN · November 18, 2005

Date: November 18, 2005 · 15:15 local
Place: Anderson, IN
Airport: Anderson Municipal
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3950T
Reported as: Piper PA28R180
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,600 total60 in this make and model130 in the last 90 days

N3950TRegistered now · Piper PA-28R-180S/N 28R-30293 · Built 1967 Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-180 Engine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

(-23) Aircraft was on an instructional flight when it veered off the left side of runway 18 at the Anderson, Indiana airport. The pilot privacy data omitted was providing instruction to the owner/student of the aircraft, privacy data omitted. This was the first lesson that the pilot privacy data omitted had provided to him and it was also the first time that he had provided dual instruction to a primary student. After a normal approach and touchdown, the student applied pressure on the left rudder/brake pedal causing the aircraft to depart the left side of the runway. The left wing struck the PAPI light box causing damage to the pitot tube with no damage to the light box. The pilot privacy data omitted stated that he did not attempt to bring the aircraft back onto the runway for fear of striking a runway light. It should be noted that he did not have brakes at his pilot station and that he did not attempt to use the parking brake located between the pilots.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS ON AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT WHEN IT VEERED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 18 AT THE ANDERSON, INDIANA AIRPORT. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS PROVIDING INSTRUCTION TO THE OWNER/STUDENT OF THE AIRCRAFT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMIT^. THIS WAS THE FIRST LESSON THAT THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^ HAD PROVIDED TO HIM AND IT WAS ALSO THE FIRST TIME THAT HE HAD PROVIDED DUAL INSTRUCTION TO A PRIMARY STUDENT. AFTER A NORMAL APPROACH AND TOUCHDOWN, THE STUDENT APPLIED PRESSURE ON THE LEFT RUDDER/BRAKE PEDAL CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO DEPART THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE LEFT WING STRUCK THE PAPI LIGHT BOX CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE PITOT TUBE WITH NO DAMAGE TO THE LIGHT BOX. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^ STATED THAT HE DID NOT ATTEMPT TO BRING THE AIRCRAFT BACK ONTO THE RUNWAY FOR FEAR OF STRIKING A RUNWAY LIGHT. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT HE DID NOT HAVE BRAKES AT HIS PILOT STATION AND THAT HE DID NOT ATTEMPT TO USE THE PARKING BRAKE LOCATED BETWEEN THE PILOTS.