20090124002639I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Iola, KS · January 24, 2009

Date
January 24, 2009 · 17:55 local
Place
Iola, KS
Airport
Allen County
Phase of flight
Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N56694
Reported as
Piper PA28140
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
317 total330 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) While practicing soft field landings the aircraft veered to the right after touchdown and after rotating approximately 150 degrees to the right left the runway severing the nosewheel strut. The aircraft came to rest in the grass having rotated approximately 170 degrees to the right from the direction of landing heading. Damage ws sustained by the nosewheel, cowling and propeller.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) WHILE PRACTICING SOFT FIELD LANDINGS THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT AFTER TOUCHDOWN AND AFTER ROTATING APPROXIMATELY 150 DEGREES TO THE RIGHT LEFT THE RUNWAY SEVERING THE NOSEWHEEL STRUT. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN THE GRASS HAVING ROTATED APPROXIMATELY 170 DEGREES TO THE RIGHT FROM THE DIRECTION OF LANDING HEADING. DAMAGE WS SUSTAINED BY THE NOSEWHEEL, COWLING AND PROPELLER.

Other reports on N56694 · 4

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