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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-200 · Griffith, IN · August 10, 2012

Date: August 10, 2012 · 16:00 local
Place: Griffith, IN
Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N1486X
Reported as: Piper PA-28R-200
Reported engine: Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0

N1486XRegistered now · Piper PA-28R-200S/N 28R-7535291 Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-200 Engine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

An eye witness report to the sbn FSDO indicated that N1486X was being operated for flight instruction purposes in gusty cross-wind conditions with wind gusts to as high as 29 mph. It was reported that the aircraft struck a runway light during a takeoff while conducting takeofss and landings at the Griffith airport. The aircraft received minor damage to right side of the horizontal stabilator.

As the FAA filed it

AN EYE WITNESS REPORT TO THE SBN FSDO INDICATED THAT N1486X WAS BEING OPERATED FOR FLIGHT INSTRUCTION PURPOSES IN GUSTY CROSS-WIND CONDITIONS WITH WIND GUSTS TO AS HIGH AS 29 MPH. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A RUNWAY LIGHT DURING A TAKEOFF WHILE CONDUCTING TAKEOFSS AND LANDINGS AT THE GRIFFITH AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO RIGHT SIDE OF THE HORIZONTAL STABILATOR.

Other reports on N1486X · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

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