# Incident 20120220001869I: Piper PA-32-301, West Palm Beach, FL, February 20, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 20, 2012, 15:40 local time
- Place: West Palm Beach, FL
- Airport: Palm Beach International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.7153° N, 80.0534° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Palm Beach, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.7153&lon=-80.0534&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8225P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8225P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-301 (registry code 7103207, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32-301
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,716 total, 80 in this make and model, 41 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120220001869I

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 20, 2012, AT APPROXIMATELY 15:40 HOURS AIRCRAFT PIPER SARATOGA PA-32-301, N8225P, S/N 32-8006066 LANDED ON RUNWAY 14 AT PALM BEACH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (PBI).  THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON A 14 CFR 91 FLIGHT FROM MARSH HARBOUR (MYAM) TO PBI.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, THE PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC), STATED THAT HE WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 14.  THE APPROACH TO THE RUNWAY WAS NORMAL THE MAIN LANDING GEAR WHEELS CONTACTED THE RUNWAY FOLLOWED BY THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WHEEL.  UPON NOSE WHEEL CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY THE AIRCRAFT NOSE DRIFTED TO THE RIGHT.  THE PIC THEN APPLIED SLIGHT LEFT RUDDER PRESSURE AND FURTHER LEFT RUDDER AND LEFT BRAKE CORRECTION WAS APPLIED AS THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED IN RIGHT DRIFT.  THE AIRCRAFT FORWARD DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT STABILIZED MOMENTARILY.  THE AIRCRAFT NOSE THEN TURNED TO THE LEFT AND STARTED TO SLIDE APPROXIMATELY SIDEWAYS.  THE PIC APPLIED RIGHT RUDDER PRESSURE AND RIGHT BRAKING WITH NO EFFECTIVE RESULT. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY SHOULDER IMPACTING A RUNWAY LIGHT.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND ONLY MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LANDING GEARS WHEEL FAIRINGS.

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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