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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-180 · Des Moines, IA · April 25, 2016

Date: April 25, 2016 · 19:29 local
Place: Des Moines, IA
Airport: Des Moines International
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4827L
Reported as: Piper PA-28-180
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Student
Pilot’s flight hours: 40 total40 in this make and model4 in the last 90 days

N4827LRegistered now · Piper PA-28-180S/N 28-4170 · Built 1967 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180 Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 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 on his first solo cross country from kdsm to kaio. The student pilot initiated a landing attempt on runway 02 at kaio. The landing resulted in a bounce off of the runway with a go-around to attempt a second landing. The second landing also resulted in a bounce off of the runway with a go-around. The student pilot decided to return to kdsm without completing a full stop landing at kiao. Upon arriving at kdsm and attempting to land on runway 31 the student pilot again bounced the aircraft off the runway. With no go-around attempt the aircraft continued to bounce two maybe three times before it spun around and slid off the side of the runway into the grass. During egress from the aircraft the student pilot noticed the propeller damage.

As the FAA filed it

A STUDENT PILOT ON HIS FIRST SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FROM KDSM TO KAIO. THE STUDENT PILOT INITIATED A LANDING ATTEMPT ON RUNWAY 02 AT KAIO. THE LANDING RESULTED IN A BOUNCE OFF OF THE RUNWAY WITH A GO-AROUND TO ATTEMPT A SECOND LANDING. THE SECOND LANDING ALSO RESULTED IN A BOUNCE OFF OF THE RUNWAY WITH A GO-AROUND. THE STUDENT PILOT DECIDED TO RETURN TO KDSM WITHOUT COMPLETING A FULL STOP LANDING AT KIAO. UPON ARRIVING AT KDSM AND ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 31 THE STUDENT PILOT AGAIN BOUNCED THE AIRCRAFT OFF THE RUNWAY. WITH NO GO-AROUND ATTEMPT THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO BOUNCE TWO MAYBE THREE TIMES BEFORE IT SPUN AROUND AND SLID OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS. DURING EGRESS FROM THE AIRCRAFT THE STUDENT PILOT NOTICED THE PROPELLER DAMAGE.