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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-161 · Mankato, MN · May 10, 2013

Date
May 10, 2013 · 15:00 local
Place
Mankato, MN
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N283MK
Reported as
Piper PA-28-161
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
32 total32 in this make and model32 in the last 90 days

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.

Student pilot was on third solo flight. Student reported that aircraft ballooned on touchdown on runway 33 at mkt and then touched down. Aircraft veered to the left and student tried to correct. Aircraft skidded right, then left and left the runway on the the left. Aircraft was found to sustain minor damage.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT PILOT WAS ON THIRD SOLO FLIGHT. STUDENT REPORTED THAT AIRCRAFT BALLOONED ON TOUCHDOWN ON RUNWAY 33 AT MKT AND THEN TOUCHED DOWN. AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT AND STUDENT TRIED TO CORRECT. AIRCRAFT SKIDDED RIGHT, THEN LEFT AND LEFT THE RUNWAY ON THE THE LEFT. AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND TO SUSTAIN MINOR DAMAGE.