20110128001859I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-38-112 · St Joseph, MO · January 28, 2011

Date
January 28, 2011 · 18:20 local
Place
St Joseph, MO
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N25674
Reported as
Piper PA-38-112
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-235 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
21,863 total360 in this make and model37 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 was demonstrating a night, power-off approach and landing to the student. He overshot the turn to final approach and was correcting back toward the centerline as the aircraft touched down near the right edge of the runway. The right main tire contacted a snowbank left by the snowplow, which caused the aircraft to turn into the snow and nose over. This caused minor damage to the airplane and no injuries to the crew.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT WAS DEMONSTRATING A NIGHT, POWER-OFF APPROACH AND LANDING TO THE STUDENT. HE OVERSHOT THE TURN TO FINAL APPROACH AND WAS CORRECTING BACK TOWARD THE CENTERLINE AS THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE RIGHT EDGE OF THE RUNWAY. THE RIGHT MAIN TIRE CONTACTED A SNOWBANK LEFT BY THE SNOWPLOW, WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO TURN INTO THE SNOW AND NOSE OVER. THIS CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE AND NO INJURIES TO THE CREW.