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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper Aircr PA-32R-301T · Pottstown, PA · September 19, 2010

Date
September 19, 2010 · 19:50 local
Place
Pottstown, PA
Airport
Pottstown Limerick
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N474ST
Reported as
Piper Aircr PA-32R-301T
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,460 total411 in this make and model17 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.

Landed on runway 28, turned on taxiway. Saw skunk and turn left to avoid skunk. Ran off taxiway to the left. Nose landing gear colapsed when it hit storm drain about 15 feet of taxiway.

As the FAA filed it

LANDED ON RUNWAY 28, TURNED ON TAXIWAY. SAW SKUNK AND TURN LEFT TO AVOID SKUNK. RAN OFF TAXIWAY TO THE LEFT. NOSE LANDING GEAR COLAPSED WHEN IT HIT STORM DRAIN ABOUT 15 FEET OF TAXIWAY.