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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-161 · Lansing, MI · March 1, 2011

Date
March 1, 2011 · 08:40 local
Place
Lansing, MI
Airport
Capital Region International
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Rotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2833N
Reported as
Piper PA-28-161
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
52 total44 in this make and model9 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.

Student pilot flying solo in a Piper PA-28-161 during departure rotation on lan airport runway 28L, veered left in light cross wind (150? @ 7KTS reported by ATCT), lost control and hit snow off left edge of runway. Noted damage to nose gear, engine mounts, and propeller.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT PILOT FLYING SOLO IN A PIPER PA-28-161 DURING DEPARTURE ROTATION ON LAN AIRPORT RUNWAY 28L, VEERED LEFT IN LIGHT CROSS WIND (150? @ 7KTS REPORTED BY ATCT), LOST CONTROL AND HIT SNOW OFF LEFT EDGE OF RUNWAY. NOTED DAMAGE TO NOSE GEAR, ENGINE MOUNTS, AND PROPELLER.