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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA28235 · Denver, CO · April 27, 2008

Date: April 27, 2008 · 10:00 local
Place: Denver, CO
Airport: Rocky Mountain Metropolitan
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N8793W
Reported as: Piper PA28235
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 217 total137 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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(-23) On 27 April 2008 at approximately 10:48, N8793W, a Piper cherokee PA28-235 took off and flew to the north for 30 minutes then returned to Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport for a landing. The pilot was cleared to land on 29L. Landing seemed normal. The windsock appeared to have a slight left quartering tail wind. After touch down and well into the landing roll the aircraft veered hard left. The pilot gave it hard right rudder but the aircraft continued to turn left. The aircraft went off the left side of the runway into the grass and hit a drainage grate causing the nose gear to collapse. The aircraft continued up an embankment and came to a stop at the edge of bravo taxiway. The aircraft is not equipped with toe brakes, only a hand brake. The pilot didn't use the brakes on landing.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON 27 APRIL 2008 AT APPROXIMATELY 10:48, N8793W, A PIPER CHEROKEE PA28-235 TOOK OFF AND FLEW TO THE NORTH FOR 30 MINUTES THEN RETURNED TO ROCKY MOUNTAIN METROPOLITAN AIRPORT FOR A LANDING. THE PILOT WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON 29L. LANDING SEEMED NORMAL. THE WINDSOCK APPEARED TO HAVE A SLIGHT LEFT QUARTERING TAIL WIND. AFTER TOUCH DOWN AND WELL INTO THE LANDING ROLL THE AIRCRAFT VEERED HARD LEFT. THE PILOT GAVE IT HARD RIGHT RUDDER BUT THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO TURN LEFT. THE AIRCRAFT WENT OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS AND HIT A DRAINAGE GRATE CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED UP AN EMBANKMENT AND CAME TO A STOP AT THE EDGE OF BRAVO TAXIWAY. THE AIRCRAFT IS NOT EQUIPPED WITH TOE BRAKES, ONLY A HAND BRAKE. THE PILOT DIDN'T USE THE BRAKES ON LANDING.