# Incident 20111202026929I: Piper PA-28-180, Mason, MI, December 2, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 2, 2011, 22:00 local time
- Place: Mason, MI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5807° N, 84.4423° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mason, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5807&lon=-84.4423&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7631W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7631W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 137 total, 27 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111202026929I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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