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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32-300 · Millville, NJ · July 18, 2014

Date: July 18, 2014 · 23:00 local
Place: Millville, NJ
Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4233R
Reported as: Piper PA-32-300
Reported engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 200 total100 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

N4233RRegistered now · Piper PA-32-300S/N 32-40598 · Built 1969 Airframe modelPiper PA-32-300 Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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What happened

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

After a practice night landing on runway 10 the pilot stated that he was taxiing off of the runway to a taxi way but instead was on the grass and struck a taxi way sign. He was not injured and proceeded to taxi to the parking ramp. Photographs taken the next day by the airport manager and given to the FAA show skid marks from the side of the runway and towards the sign. This would indicate a problem with landing rollout.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER A PRACTICE NIGHT LANDING ON RUNWAY 10 THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS TAXIING OFF OF THE RUNWAY TO A TAXI WAY BUT INSTEAD WAS ON THE GRASS AND STRUCK A TAXI WAY SIGN. HE WAS NOT INJURED AND PROCEEDED TO TAXI TO THE PARKING RAMP. PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN THE NEXT DAY BY THE AIRPORT MANAGER AND GIVEN TO THE FAA SHOW SKID MARKS FROM THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND TOWARDS THE SIGN. THIS WOULD INDICATE A PROBLEM WITH LANDING ROLLOUT.