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FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Oxford, CT · March 27, 2014

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Date
March 27, 2014 · 13:11 local
Place
Oxford, CT
Airport
Waterbury-Oxford
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7039R
Reported as
Piper PA-28-140
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
53 total48 in this make and model6 in the last 90 days
N7039RRegistration cancelled Mar 16, 2018 · Piper PA-28-140S/N 28-21736 · Built 1966Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

Atqa database did not recognize student pilot certificate number. Student pilot certificate privacy data omitted was verified in msat-a. upon initial attempt to land at the Waterbury Oxford airport in Oxford, CT., the pilot was on short final to runway to 36 and correcting for the reported 6 knot cross winds, did not realign the aircraft to the runway prior to touch down. The aircraft touched down with the nose gear deflected to the left causing the aircraft to veer abruptly to the left. The abrupt movement disrupted the center of gravity rotating the aircraft forward on to the right hand wingtip and right hand side of the nose landing gear wheel assembly. This resulted in the propeller striking the runway and the aircraft departing the runway to the west. The aircraft came to rest approximately 75 feet on to the grass facing to the south west.

Review of the student pilot flight records revealed previous instruction in crosswind landings and dual instruction cross country flights to oxc.

As the FAA filed it

ATQA DATABASE DID NOT RECOGNIZE STUDENT PILOT CERTIFICATE NUMBER. STUDENT PILOT CERTIFICATE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS VERIFIED IN MSAT-A. UPON INITIAL ATTEMPT TO LAND AT THE WATERBURY OXFORD AIRPORT IN OXFORD, CT., THE PILOT WAS ON SHORT FINAL TO RUNWAY TO 36 AND CORRECTING FOR THE REPORTED 6 KNOT CROSS WINDS, DID NOT REALIGN THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RUNWAY PRIOR TO TOUCH DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN WITH THE NOSE GEAR DEFLECTED TO THE LEFT CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO VEER ABRUPTLY TO THE LEFT. THE ABRUPT MOVEMENT DISRUPTED THE CENTER OF GRAVITY ROTATING THE AIRCRAFT FORWARD ON TO THE RIGHT HAND WINGTIP AND RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WHEEL ASSEMBLY. THIS RESULTED IN THE PROPELLER STRIKING THE RUNWAY AND THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTING THE RUNWAY TO THE WEST. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 75 FEET ON TO THE GRASS FACING TO THE SOUTH WEST.

REVIEW OF THE STUDENT PILOT FLIGHT RECORDS REVEALED PREVIOUS INSTRUCTION IN CROSSWIND LANDINGS AND DUAL INSTRUCTION CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHTS TO OXC.