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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA32-301FT · Mobile, AL · March 23, 2011

Date
March 23, 2011 · 10:09 local
Place
Mobile, AL
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N53672
Reported as
Piper PA32-301FT
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
230 total12 in this make and model7 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.

Aircraft landed on runway 14. Reported winds were 230 at 13 gusting to 19. Aircraft touched down approximately 1700 feet from approach end of runway. Aircraft veered to right and then veered to left. Aircraft exited runway approximately 800 feet beyond touchdown point and came to rest in the grass 200 feet from edge of runway. Nose wheel strut appears to be bent and both main wheel pants are cracked. Upon inspection by maintenance personnel, only nose gear fork required replacement. No defects were noted on nose gear strut or engine mounts or firewall.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 14. REPORTED WINDS WERE 230 AT 13 GUSTING TO 19. AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN APPROXIMATELY 1700 FEET FROM APPROACH END OF RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT VEERED TO RIGHT AND THEN VEERED TO LEFT. AIRCRAFT EXITED RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 800 FEET BEYOND TOUCHDOWN POINT AND CAME TO REST IN THE GRASS 200 FEET FROM EDGE OF RUNWAY. NOSE WHEEL STRUT APPEARS TO BE BENT AND BOTH MAIN WHEEL PANTS ARE CRACKED. UPON INSPECTION BY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL, ONLY NOSE GEAR FORK REQUIRED REPLACEMENT. NO DEFECTS WERE NOTED ON NOSE GEAR STRUT OR ENGINE MOUNTS OR FIREWALL.