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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32-301 · Key West, FL · March 5, 2010

Date
March 5, 2010 · 11:30 local
Place
Key West, FL
Airport
Key West International
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4331B
Reported as
Piper PA-32-301
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-540 series
People aboard
6
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
260 total165 in this make and model12 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.

Weather was clear, reported winds at time of landing, 360/10. On touchdown, pilot lost conterol and exited the runway damaging the right landing gear, nose gear and one of the three propeller blades. 6 occupants including the pilot, no one was injured.

As the FAA filed it

WEATHER WAS CLEAR, REPORTED WINDS AT TIME OF LANDING, 360/10. ON TOUCHDOWN, PILOT LOST CONTEROL AND EXITED THE RUNWAY DAMAGING THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR, NOSE GEAR AND ONE OF THE THREE PROPELLER BLADES. 6 OCCUPANTS INCLUDING THE PILOT, NO ONE WAS INJURED.