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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Westerly, RI · December 19, 2010

Date: December 19, 2010 · 13:10 local
Place: Westerly, RI
Airport: Westerly State Airport
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N507FL
Reported as: Piper PA-28-140
Reported engine: Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 60 total60 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days

N507FLRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140S/N 28-7125328 · Built 1971 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On December 19, 2010, at approximately 1310 eastern standard time (EST), a Piper PA-28-140, N507FL being flown by a recently certificated pilot failed to control the aircraft. The aircraft sustained minor damage. The pilot of the aircraft stated in a written statement, as he touchdown on runway 7 in Westerly State Airport, RI. (Wst), the aircraft veered off the runway after landing with little crosswind. The aircraft swerved to the left crossing a taxiway causing damage to the right wing leading edge as a result of the right wing contacting the taxiway guide sign.

As the FAA filed it

ON DECEMBER 19, 2010, AT APPROXIMATELY 1310 EASTERN STANDARD TIME (EST), A PIPER PA-28-140, N507FL BEING FLOWN BY A RECENTLY CERTIFICATED PILOT FAILED TO CONTROL THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE PILOT OF THE AIRCRAFT STATED IN A WRITTEN STATEMENT, AS HE TOUCHDOWN ON RUNWAY 7 IN WESTERLY STATE AIRPORT, RI. (WST), THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY AFTER LANDING WITH LITTLE CROSSWIND. THE AIRCRAFT SWERVED TO THE LEFT CROSSING A TAXIWAY CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE AS A RESULT OF THE RIGHT WING CONTACTING THE TAXIWAY GUIDE SIGN.