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Date
March 5, 2010 · 05:55 local
Place
West Chester, PA
Airport
Brandywine
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N32090
Reported as
Piper PA-32-300
Reported engine
Lycoming TI0-540 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
250 total35 in this make and model8 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.
The pilot stated he was landing to the west on runway 27. A crosswind was from the right. When the pilot started his flair for touchdown he failed to fully correct for the crosswind and the LH wheel of the aircraft settled into soft snow just off of the left side of the runway which pulled the nose of the aircraft into the snow on the left side of the runway damaging the aircraft nose gear and propeller.
As the FAA filed it
THE PILOT STATED HE WAS LANDING TO THE WEST ON RUNWAY 27. A CROSSWIND WAS FROM THE RIGHT. WHEN THE PILOT STARTED HIS FLAIR FOR TOUCHDOWN HE FAILED TO FULLY CORRECT FOR THE CROSSWIND AND THE LH WHEEL OF THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED INTO SOFT SNOW JUST OFF OF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY WHICH PULLED THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT INTO THE SNOW ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY DAMAGING THE AIRCRAFT NOSE GEAR AND PROPELLER.