# Incident 20060421007459I: Socata TB9, Cahokia, IL, April 21, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 2006, 11:00 local time
- Place: Cahokia, IL
- Airport: St Louis Downtown-Parks Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5709° N, 90.1901° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cahokia, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5709&lon=-90.1901&mi=10
- Aircraft: N544PC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N544PC-2013-01-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Socata TB 9 TAMPICO (registry code 8680694, https://openairdocs.org/model/socata-tb-9-tampico) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SOCATA TB9
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 453 total, 323 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060421007459I

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR WERE PRACTICING A SOFT FIELD TAKE OFF. THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT CAME UP RAPIDLY AND THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT. THE INSTRUCTOR THOUGHT THE LEFT WINGTIP WAS GOING TO HIT THE GROUND AND CORRECTION WAS MADE TO PREVENT THAT FROM OCCURRING. THE STUDENT THEN REPORTED THE RIGHT WINGTIP WENT DOWN AND THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE. AT THE END OF THE FLIGHT, THE STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR NOTICED THE DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WINGTIP. THE RIGHT AILERON SUSTAINED SCRAPED BOTTOM SKIN APPROXIMATELY 2" X 2". NOT INITIALLY REPORTED TO FSDO. DISCOVERED WHILE INVESTIGATING ANOTHER INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N544PC (1)

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

- [Accident 19990206014529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990206014529A), Feb 6, 1999: Socata TB9 (N544PC), Cahokia, IL, Substantial damage. (.19)On February 6, 1999, at 1541 central standard time, a Socata tb 9 tampico, N544PC, operated by a private pilot collided with a fox hole after overrunning…

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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