# Incident 20160627010629I: Piper PA-28-161, Purcell, OK, June 27, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 27, 2016, 15:58 local time
- Place: Purcell, OK
- Airport: Steven E Sheppard Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: GD8S
- Location: 35.0237° N, 97.3735° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Purcell, OK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0237&lon=-97.3735&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4830U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4830U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-161
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 452 total, 400 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160627010629I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT RIGHT MAIN TIRE LEFT CONTINOUS SKID MARK FOR APPROXIMATELY 800 FEET. LEFT MAIN TIRE INTERMITTENT SKID MARK APPROXIMATELY 800 FEET. NOSE TIRE LEFT SKID MARK LAST 100 TO 150 FEET PRIOR TO EXITING RUNWAY. SKID MARKS SWERVED RIGHT AND LEFT, NOT IN STRAIGHT LINE. NOSE GEAR FORK ASSEMBLY BROKE APART FROM SIDE LOAD ON NOSE GERAT TIRE AND TIRE SEPERATED FROM AIRCRAFT. PROPELLED STRUCK GROUND AND INDICATION OF POWER EVIDENT. AIRCRAFT SPUN NOSE RIGHT AND LEFT WING TIP STRUCK GROUND. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST FACING (NORTH) OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF LANDING

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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