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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-22-135 · Granbury, TX · July 15, 2007

Date: July 15, 2007
Place: Granbury, TX
Airport: Granbury Municipal
Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2686A
Reported as: Piper PA22135
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 175 total175 in this make and model7 in the last 90 days

N2686ARegistered now · Piper PA-22-135S/N 22-1099 · Built 1953 Airframe modelPiper PA-22-135 Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series4 cycle

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) On take-off @gdj, pilot noticed that a conflict could possibly occur with a skydiver. The skydiver appeared to be having a problem guiding to landing area. Pilot aborted take-off by applying heavy braking and hard right rudder input that resulted in nose landing gear collapse. After aircraft came to a stop, the pilot noticed that the skydiver did land in correct zone.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON TAKE-OFF @GDJ, PILOT NOTICED THAT A CONFLICT COULD POSSIBLY OCCUR WITH A SKYDIVER. THE SKYDIVER APPEARED TO BE HAVING A PROBLEM GUIDING TO LANDING AREA. PILOT ABORTED TAKE-OFF BY APPLYING HEAVY BRAKING AND HARD RIGHT RUDDER INPUT THAT RESULTED IN NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSE. AFTER AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP, THE PILOT NOTICED THAT THE SKYDIVER DID LAND IN CORRECT ZONE.