20080102010149I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-235 · Las Vegas, NV · January 2, 2008

Date
January 2, 2008 · 17:00 local
Place
Las Vegas, NV
Airport
North Las Vegas
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8675W
Reported as
Piper PA28235
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,800 total700 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days

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 January 1, 2008 at approximately 16:30 PST, N8675W, piloted by privacy data omitted was attempting to land on runway 30R after practicing "touch & gos" at the North Las Vegas Airport. The pilot stated that as he was touching down, the aircraft began to pull to the left. He then applied right rudder and the aircraft began to veer off the runway to the right. The nose gear and left main gear left distinct black marks on the runway. Marks were also left on the runway by the dragging of the left wing tip. The black marks started from the approximate center of the runway and exited to the right side of the runway after approximately 75 to 100 feet. Marks from the wing tip started approximately 25 feet after the first sign of the tire skid marks and continued to the edge of the runway. After leaving the runway, the aircraft continued to slide on the wing tip, left main and nose gear for another 50 to 60 feet before coming to rest on its landing gear. The pilot and a passenger in the aircraft did not receive any injuries from the event.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON JANUARY 1, 2008 AT APPROXIMATELY 16:30 PST, N8675W, PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 30R AFTER PRACTICING "TOUCH & GOS" AT THE NORTH LAS VEGAS AIRPORT. THE PILOT STATED THAT AS HE WAS TOUCHING DOWN, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO PULL TO THE LEFT. HE THEN APPLIED RIGHT RUDDER AND THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO VEER OFF THE RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT. THE NOSE GEAR AND LEFT MAIN GEAR LEFT DISTINCT BLACK MARKS ON THE RUNWAY. MARKS WERE ALSO LEFT ON THE RUNWAY BY THE DRAGGING OF THE LEFT WING TIP. THE BLACK MARKS STARTED FROM THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF THE RUNWAY AND EXITED TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AFTER APPROXIMATELY 75 TO 100 FEET. MARKS FROM THE WING TIP STARTED APPROXIMATELY 25 FEET AFTER THE FIRST SIGN OF THE TIRE SKID MARKS AND CONTINUED TO THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY. AFTER LEAVING THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO SLIDE ON THE WING TIP, LEFT MAIN AND NOSE GEAR FOR ANOTHER 50 TO 60 FEET BEFORE COMING TO REST ON ITS LANDING GEAR. THE PILOT AND A PASSENGER IN THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT RECEIVE ANY INJURIES FROM THE EVENT.

Other reports on N8675W · 3

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