# Incident 20160102000139I: Piper PA-31-325, Dubuque, IA, January 2, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 2, 2016, 12:40 local time
- Place: Dubuque, IA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5006° N, 90.6646° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dubuque, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5006&lon=-90.6646&mi=10
- Aircraft: N892MM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N892MM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-325 (registry code 7103105, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-325) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-31-325
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,445 total, 477 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160102000139I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE DEPARTED DBQ AT APPROXIMATELY 12:00 ON JANUARY 2, 2016 FOR A LOCAL FLIGHT ON RUNWAY 31 AND THAT THE RUNWAY WAS ACCEPTABLE UPON DEPARTURE.

THE PILOT STATED THAT THE FLIGHT DURATION WAS APPROXIMATELY 45 MINUTES AND UPON RETURNING TO DBQ THE WIND HAD PICKED UP AND TURNED TO MORE OF A CROSSWIND. ADDITIONALLY, HE STATED THAT THE ACTIVE RUNWAY UPON RETURN WAS RUNWAY 31.

DURING LANDING THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE PLANE VEERED TO THE LEFT PURPORTEDLY AFTER HITTING A PATCH OF ICE ON THE RUNWAY. ADDITIONALLY, THE PILOT STATED THAT AS HE TRIED TO RECOVER, THE PLANE LOST CONTROL AND WENT OFF THE RUNWAY ON THE RIGHT SIDE. FURTHER, THE PILOT STATED THAT WHILE EXITING THE RUNWAY THE AIRCRAFT HIT AN UNKNOWN OBJECT CAUSING DAMAGE TO ONE OF THE PROP BLADES ON THE RIGHT ENGINE, WHICH CAUSED THE PROP TO BE SLIGHTLY BENT.

THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED.

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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