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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA 46-350P · West Chester, PA · March 4, 2010

Date
March 4, 2010 · 12:00 local
Place
West Chester, PA
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4149R
Reported as
Piper PA 46-350P
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO-540 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
5,045 total1,160 in this make and model25 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.

While landing on runway 27 at brandywine airport with a right crosswind the pilot flying the aircraft touched down on the main wheels with crosswind control input. After touchdown the aircraft swerved right and then to the left followed by a swerve to the right where the right main gear departed the runway. The aircraft contacted a snow bank causing minor damage.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY 27 AT BRANDYWINE AIRPORT WITH A RIGHT CROSSWIND THE PILOT FLYING THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE MAIN WHEELS WITH CROSSWIND CONTROL INPUT. AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT SWERVED RIGHT AND THEN TO THE LEFT FOLLOWED BY A SWERVE TO THE RIGHT WHERE THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR DEPARTED THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED A SNOW BANK CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE.

Other reports on N4149R · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.