# Incident 20141021019479I: Piper PA-38-112, East Haven, CT, October 21, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 21, 2014, 13:47 local time
- Place: East Haven, CT
- Airport: Tweed - New Haven
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Location: 41.2637° N, 72.8877° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TWEED/NEW HAVEN (HVN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2637&lon=-72.8877&mi=10
- Aircraft: N26008, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N26008) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-38-112 (registry code 7103812, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-38-112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-38-112
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 366 total, 18 in this make and model, 69 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141021019479I

## Narrative

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

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A STUDENT PILOT RECEIVING FLIGHT INSTRUCTION ON SOFT FIELD TAKE OFFS AND LANDINGS BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AT TWEED NEW HAVEN AIRPORT (KHVN) IN EAST HAVEN CONNECTICUT ON RUNWAY 14. THE REPORTED WINDS AT KHVN WERE FROM 130 DEGREES AT 8 KNOTS. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STARTED THE TAKE OFF ROLL, CORRECTING THE AIRCRAFT AILERON CONTROL SURFACES FOR WIND DIRECTION. AS THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE, IT BANKED HARD TO THE LEFT, CONTACTING THE RUNWAY SURFACE WITH THE LEFT HAND WINGTIP FAIRING TRAILING EDGE AND LEFT AILERON OUTER TWO INCHES OF THE TRAILING EDGE. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY ONTO THE GRASSY AREA TO THE NORTH OF RUNWAY 14. AT THIS POINT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TOOK COMMAND OF THE AIRCRAFT FROM ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND MADE ATTITUDE, ROLL AND HEADING CORRECTIONS TO THE AIRCRAFT FOR A CONTROLLED FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT CROSSED THE RUNWAY 14/32 AND 2/20 INTERSECTION WHILE AIRBORNE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LANDED THE AIRCRAFT IN THE GRASSY AREA TO THE SOUTH EAST OF RUNWAY 14 APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET OFF OF THE RUNWAY SURFACE. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT AND WAS DIRECTED TO THE GENERAL AVIATION EAST RAMP. POST FLIGHT WALK AROUND OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED ONE BLADE OF THE PROPELLER HAD MADE CONTACT WITH AN OBJECT BENDING THE OUTER FOUR INCHES TO THE TIP FORWARD.

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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