# Incident 20091204025729I: Piper PA-28-235, Siler City, NC, December 4, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 4, 2009, 09:30 local time
- Place: Siler City, NC
- Airport: Siler City Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.7043° N, 79.5043° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SILER CITY MUNI (SCR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7043&lon=-79.5043&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55664, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N55664) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-235 (registry code 7102810, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-235
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 416 total, 128 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091204025729I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT LANDED ON RUNWAY 4. AS THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN THE NOSE VEERED HARD TO THE LEFT. THE PILOT BRAKED HARD BUT THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO GO LEFT. PILOT RELEASED BRAKE PRESSURE AS THE AICRAFT LEFT THE RUNWAY AND CONTINUED ONTO THE GRASS. THE AIRCRAFT THEN RAN INTO A DRAINAGE DITCH WHICH COLLAPSED THE NOSE LANDING GEAR AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST. THE PILOT SAFELY EGRESSED THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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