20081201853059I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-180 · Pittsburg, KS · December 1, 2008

Date
December 1, 2008 · 12:30 local
Place
Pittsburg, KS
Airport
Atkinson Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N55450
Reported as
Piper PA28180
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A4A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
130 total71 in this make and model31 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.

At approximately 1830 z (1230 local time) on 12/1/2008, a private pilot was involved in an aircraft incident while landing at the Atkinson Municipal airports (pts), Pittsburg, Kansas. The aircraft involved in this incident is a PA-28-180, which was rented by the airman. Upon touchdown, the airman reported that the aircraft began to drift towards the right-side edge of runway 34. A correction for this deviation was initiated by the airman by applying left rudder pressure. After compensating for the drift, the airman indicated that the left wing was raised, causing the right wing to contact the ground. The aircraft’s propeller also struck the ground while correcting for drift. The aircraft sustained minor damage during this incident. No additional damage was reported by airworthiness inspectors from the wichita FSDO, whom conducted an inspection of the aircraft following this incident.

As the FAA filed it

AT APPROXIMATELY 1830 Z (1230 LOCAL TIME) ON 12/1/2008, A PRIVATE PILOT WAS INVOLVED IN AN AIRCRAFT INCIDENT WHILE LANDING AT THE ATKINSON MUNICIPAL AIRPORTS (PTS), PITTSBURG, KANSAS. THE AIRCRAFT INVOLVED IN THIS INCIDENT IS A PA-28-180, WHICH WAS RENTED BY THE AIRMAN. UPON TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRMAN REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO DRIFT TOWARDS THE RIGHT-SIDE EDGE OF RUNWAY 34. A CORRECTION FOR THIS DEVIATION WAS INITIATED BY THE AIRMAN BY APPLYING LEFT RUDDER PRESSURE. AFTER COMPENSATING FOR THE DRIFT, THE AIRMAN INDICATED THAT THE LEFT WING WAS RAISED, CAUSING THE RIGHT WING TO CONTACT THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT’S PROPELLER ALSO STRUCK THE GROUND WHILE CORRECTING FOR DRIFT. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE DURING THIS INCIDENT. NO ADDITIONAL DAMAGE WAS REPORTED BY AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTORS FROM THE WICHITA FSDO, WHOM CONDUCTED AN INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT FOLLOWING THIS INCIDENT.