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FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-181 · Melbourne, FL · November 15, 2014

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Date
November 15, 2014 · 12:30 local
Place
Melbourne, FL
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N651FT
Reported as
Piper PA-28-181
Reported engine
Lycoming O-360-A4M
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
72 total72 in this make and model14 in the last 90 days
N651FTRegistered now · Piper PA-28-151S/N 28-7415369 · Built 1974Airframe modelPiper PA-28-151Engine 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.

A student pilot enrolled in part 141 private pilot course, on a supervised solo flight, lost control of the aircraft on landing rollout and departed the 3000-FT runway surface to the left side, about 2/3 of the way down the runway. Aircraft came to a stop in the grass without damage, but the student elected to taxi the aircraft back towards the runway and struck a runway light with the propeller. The aircraft was then towed to maintenance.

As the FAA filed it

A STUDENT PILOT ENROLLED IN PART 141 PRIVATE PILOT COURSE, ON A SUPERVISED SOLO FLIGHT, LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT ON LANDING ROLLOUT AND DEPARTED THE 3000-FT RUNWAY SURFACE TO THE LEFT SIDE, ABOUT 2/3 OF THE WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP IN THE GRASS WITHOUT DAMAGE, BUT THE STUDENT ELECTED TO TAXI THE AIRCRAFT BACK TOWARDS THE RUNWAY AND STRUCK A RUNWAY LIGHT WITH THE PROPELLER. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN TOWED TO MAINTENANCE.