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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-236 · Mt Pleasant, SC · February 9, 2010

Date
February 9, 2010 · 10:57 local
Place
Mt Pleasant, SC
Airport
Mt Pleasant Regional-Faison Fi
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4345R
Reported as
Piper PA-28-236
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
370 total285 in this make and model27 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.

On landing phase of flight, pilot noticed more of a crosswind than reported by automated weather. Several adjustments were made to keep the aircraft on centerline of the runway. Upon landing, the aircraft departed the runway to the left and struck two taxiway directional signs.

As the FAA filed it

ON LANDING PHASE OF FLIGHT, PILOT NOTICED MORE OF A CROSSWIND THAN REPORTED BY AUTOMATED WEATHER. SEVERAL ADJUSTMENTS WERE MADE TO KEEP THE AIRCRAFT ON CENTERLINE OF THE RUNWAY. UPON LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT AND STRUCK TWO TAXIWAY DIRECTIONAL SIGNS.