# Incident 20130510006549I: Piper PA-28-161, Mankato, MN, May 10, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 2013, 15:00 local time
- Place: Mankato, MN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 44.1711° N, 93.9756° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mankato, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.1711&lon=-93.9756&mi=10
- Aircraft: N283MK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N283MK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-161
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 32 total, 32 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130510006549I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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