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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-180 · Mason, MI · December 2, 2011

Date: December 2, 2011 · 22:00 local
Place: Mason, MI
Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N7631W
Reported as: Piper PA-28-180
Reported engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 137 total27 in this make and model1 in the last 90 days

N7631WRegistered now · Piper PA-28-180S/N 28-1599 · Built 1964 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180 Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

On takeoff roll on runway 10 the aircraft drifted to the left side of the runway. Approximatley 900' down the runway the left main gear went across a patch of ice then contacted the snow on the unplowed surface. The aircraft then traveled approximately 200' with the left tire on the snow then the aircraft departed the plowed surface sliding on all three wheels east with the aircraft facing north and the proeller struck a runway light approximatley 1000' down the runway breaking the lens and bulb. The nose landing gear lower strut tube then bent causing the nose gear to collapse and both blades of the propeeler then struck the ground and the aircraft then spun to facing south and slid on th emain wheel s and collapsed nose gear approximatley 200' and came to a stop approximately 25' from the north edge of the runway.

As the FAA filed it

ON TAKEOFF ROLL ON RUNWAY 10 THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. APPROXIMATLEY 900' DOWN THE RUNWAY THE LEFT MAIN GEAR WENT ACROSS A PATCH OF ICE THEN CONTACTED THE SNOW ON THE UNPLOWED SURFACE. THE AIRCRAFT THEN TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 200' WITH THE LEFT TIRE ON THE SNOW THEN THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE PLOWED SURFACE SLIDING ON ALL THREE WHEELS EAST WITH THE AIRCRAFT FACING NORTH AND THE PROELLER STRUCK A RUNWAY LIGHT APPROXIMATLEY 1000' DOWN THE RUNWAY BREAKING THE LENS AND BULB. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR LOWER STRUT TUBE THEN BENT CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE AND BOTH BLADES OF THE PROPEELER THEN STRUCK THE GROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT THEN SPUN TO FACING SOUTH AND SLID ON TH EMAIN WHEEL S AND COLLAPSED NOSE GEAR APPROXIMATLEY 200' AND CAME TO A STOP APPROXIMATELY 25' FROM THE NORTH EDGE OF THE RUNWAY.