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FAA incident report · Czech Sport Piper Sport PS-28 · Anchorage, AK · September 22, 2011

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Date
September 22, 2011 · 15:30 local
Place
Anchorage, AK
Airport
Merrill Field Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N907LS
Reported as
Czech Sport Piper Sport PS-28
Reported engine
ROTAX 912ULS
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
11 total9 in this make and model9 in the last 90 days
N907LSRegistered now · Czech Sport PIPER SPORTS/N P1001002 · Built 2010Airframe modelCzech Sport PIPER SPORTEngine modelRotax 912ULS series4 cycle

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What happened

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

On September 22, 2011, at about 1530 Alaska daylight time, a Czech Sport Aircraft, piper-sport, special light sport airplane , N907LS, sustained damage when the aircraft veered off runway 25 during landing rollout at Merrill Field Airport, Anchorage Alaska. The airplane was operated by the pilot as a visual flight rule (VFR) flight, under the provisions of 14 code of federal regulations, part 91, when the accident occurred. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident and the sole occupant, an uncertificated airman, was uninjured. The flight departed Merrill Field Airport and was conducting solo flight training. The pilot stated that shortly after landing he had encountered a severe nose wheel shimmy, he had hesitated and subsequently ran off the south side of runway 25 near the intersection of taxiway fox striking a runway taxi light. The pilot stated he estimated his ground speed to be approximately 45 knotts.a witness at ace air fuels that had witnessed the accident stated that he had heard an unusual chirping sound, seen that aircraft's nose wheel assembly violently shimmying and the aircraft run off the runway striking a runway taxi light. The witness estimated the airplanes ground speed to be approximately 40 knotts.

As the FAA filed it

ON SEPTEMBER 22, 2011, AT ABOUT 1530 ALASKA DAYLIGHT TIME, A CZECH SPORT AIRCRAFT, PIPER-SPORT, SPECIAL LIGHT SPORT AIRPLANE , N907LS, SUSTAINED DAMAGE WHEN THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF RUNWAY 25 DURING LANDING ROLLOUT AT MERRILL FIELD AIRPORT, ANCHORAGE ALASKA.THE AIRPLANE WAS OPERATED BY THE PILOT AS A VISUAL FLIGHT RULE (VFR) FLIGHT, UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS, PART 91, WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT AND THE SOLE OCCUPANT, AN UNCERTIFICATED AIRMAN, WAS UNINJURED. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED MERRILL FIELD AIRPORT AND WAS CONDUCTING SOLO FLIGHT TRAINING.THE PILOT STATED THAT SHORTLY AFTER LANDING HE HAD ENCOUNTERED A SEVERE NOSE WHEEL SHIMMY, HE HAD HESITATED AND SUBSEQUENTLY RAN OFF THE SOUTH SIDE OF RUNWAY 25 NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF TAXIWAY FOX STRIKING A RUNWAY TAXI LIGHT. THE PILOT STATED HE ESTIMATED HIS GROUND SPEED TO BE APPROXIMATELY 45 KNOTTS.A WITNESS AT ACE AIR FUELS THAT HAD WITNESSED THE ACCIDENT STATED THAT HE HAD HEARD AN UNUSUAL CHIRPING SOUND, SEEN THAT AIRCRAFT'S NOSE WHEEL ASSEMBLY VIOLENTLY SHIMMYING AND THE AIRCRAFT RUN OFF THE RUNWAY STRIKING A RUNWAY TAXI LIGHT. THE WITNESS ESTIMATED THE AIRPLANES GROUND SPEED TO BE APPROXIMATELY 40 KNOTTS.