# Incident 20100305028779I: Piper PA-32-300, West Chester, PA, March 5, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 5, 2010, 05:55 local time
- Place: West Chester, PA
- Airport: Brandywine
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9901° N, 75.5819° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BRANDYWINE RGNL (OQN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9901&lon=-75.5819&mi=10
- Aircraft: N32090 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32-300
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 250 total, 35 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100305028779I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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