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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-180 · Dunkirk, NY · March 22, 2009

Date
March 22, 2009 · 12:15 local
Place
Dunkirk, NY
Airport
Chautauqua County/Dunkirk
Phase of flight
Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8278W
Reported as
Piper PA28180
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A3A
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
830 total638 in this make and model11 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) Pilot reported light winds while landing. Upon touching down, the pilot reported that the airplane was drifting slowly to the right. The pilot applied left rudder to stop the drift. As the nose wheel contacted the ground, the pilot applied brakes which brought the nose down abruptly and the airplane veered sharply to the left.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT REPORTED LIGHT WINDS WHILE LANDING. UPON TOUCHING DOWN, THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS DRIFTING SLOWLY TO THE RIGHT. THE PILOT APPLIED LEFT RUDDER TO STOP THE DRIFT. AS THE NOSE WHEEL CONTACTED THE GROUND, THE PILOT APPLIED BRAKES WHICH BROUGHT THE NOSE DOWN ABRUPTLY AND THE AIRPLANE VEERED SHARPLY TO THE LEFT.