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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28 · La Belle, FL · March 24, 2011

Date
March 24, 2011 · 21:30 local
Place
La Belle, FL
Airport
La Belle Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5035W
Reported as
Piper PA-28
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
6,125 total150 in this make and model20 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.

Performed night instructional flight turned left base to final at X14 and runway lights went out just before entering flare for landing. A letter from labelle airport manager privacy data omitted states that it was determined that a circuit board inside the runway transformer had short circuited. The aircraft landed in grass between runway and taxi way. Struck cross taxiway (A4) and aircraft came to rest on the other side of the cross taxiway.

As the FAA filed it

PERFORMED NIGHT INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT TURNED LEFT BASE TO FINAL AT X14 AND RUNWAY LIGHTS WENT OUT JUST BEFORE ENTERING FLARE FOR LANDING. A LETTER FROM LABELLE AIRPORT MANAGER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATES THAT IT WAS DETERMINED THAT A CIRCUIT BOARD INSIDE THE RUNWAY TRANSFORMER HAD SHORT CIRCUITED. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN GRASS BETWEEN RUNWAY AND TAXI WAY. STRUCK CROSS TAXIWAY (A4) AND AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CROSS TAXIWAY.

Other reports on N5035W · 2

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.