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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-161 · Livermore, CA · October 20, 2013

Date
October 20, 2013 · 15:15 local
Place
Livermore, CA
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2909Q
Reported as
Piper PA-28-161
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
254 total79 in this make and model60 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.

Pilot privacy data omitted performed a landing on 29R at the livermoore airport in California. After touch down, he attempted to exit the runway on taxiway d. the aircraft was moving at too fast of a rate to perform the right turn onto the taxiway. Thus, the aircraft tires started to skid and instead of making the 90 degree turn onto the taxiway the aircraft made a 45 degree turn and skidded onto the gravel besides the runway and struck a runway light with the propeller and left hand wing leading edge. No injuries to the pilot or passenger.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PERFORMED A LANDING ON 29R AT THE LIVERMOORE AIRPORT IN CALIFORNIA. AFTER TOUCH DOWN, HE ATTEMPTED TO EXIT THE RUNWAY ON TAXIWAY D. THE AIRCRAFT WAS MOVING AT TOO FAST OF A RATE TO PERFORM THE RIGHT TURN ONTO THE TAXIWAY. THUS, THE AIRCRAFT TIRES STARTED TO SKID AND INSTEAD OF MAKING THE 90 DEGREE TURN ONTO THE TAXIWAY THE AIRCRAFT MADE A 45 DEGREE TURN AND SKIDDED ONTO THE GRAVEL BESIDES THE RUNWAY AND STRUCK A RUNWAY LIGHT WITH THE PROPELLER AND LEFT HAND WING LEADING EDGE. NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR PASSENGER.