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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-161 · Tomball, TX · February 7, 2010

Date
February 7, 2010 · 13:44 local
Place
Tomball, TX
Airport
David Wayne Hooks
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7759W
Reported as
Piper PA-28-161
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
53 total45 in this make and model17 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.

Aircraft exited downwind side of runway during a crosswind landing rollout. Right main gear passed through soft ground pulling the aircraft to the right into a shallow ditch. Aircraft sustained minor damage to prop and left wing tip.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT EXITED DOWNWIND SIDE OF RUNWAY DURING A CROSSWIND LANDING ROLLOUT. RIGHT MAIN GEAR PASSED THROUGH SOFT GROUND PULLING THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RIGHT INTO A SHALLOW DITCH. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO PROP AND LEFT WING TIP.