# Incident 20110922021829I: Czech Sport Aircraft PIPER SPORT PS-28, Anchorage, AK, September 22, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 22, 2011, 15:30 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Merrill Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2135° N, 149.8447° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERRILL FLD (MRI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2135&lon=-149.8447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N907LS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N907LS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Czech Sport PIPER SPORT (registry code 0600073, https://openairdocs.org/model/czech-sport-piper-sport) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CZECH SPORT AIRCRAFT PIPER SPORT PS-28
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11 total, 9 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110922021829I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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