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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-161 · Lake Geneva, WI · July 3, 2009

Date
July 3, 2009 · 19:37 local
Place
Lake Geneva, WI
Airport
Grand Geneva Resort
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N141WA
Reported as
Piper PA28161
Reported engine
Lycoming O320*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
178 total100 in this make and model22 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.

Pilot landed on a notam-closed runway. In his haste to clear the runway for another aircraft that was supposedly going to land, taxied onto closed taxiway. Hit pothole with nose gear and incurred propeller strike. Minimal damage incurred to aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT LANDED ON A NOTAM-CLOSED RUNWAY. IN HIS HASTE TO CLEAR THE RUNWAY FOR ANOTHER AIRCRAFT THAT WAS SUPPOSEDLY GOING TO LAND, TAXIED ONTO CLOSED TAXIWAY. HIT POTHOLE WITH NOSE GEAR AND INCURRED PROPELLER STRIKE. MINIMAL DAMAGE INCURRED TO AIRCRAFT.