# Incident 20161004019859I: Piper PA-28-140, Saginaw, MI, October 4, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 4, 2016, 14:12 local time
- Place: Saginaw, MI
- Airport: Saginaw Browne
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.4177° N, 83.9547° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Saginaw, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4177&lon=-83.9547&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56487, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N56487) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (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-28-140
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 300 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161004019859I

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 4, 2016 ABOUT 1400 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A PIPER CHEROKEE 140 (PA-28-140) AIRCRAFT, N56487, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^OPERATED BY A STUDENT PILOT, UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF A CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, WAS DAMAGED AFTER DEPARTING THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 23 AT H. W. BROWN FIELD (KHYX), SAGINAW, MI. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED WITH REPORTED WINDS 150 AT 7 KTS AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THE TRAINING FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) PART 91 WITHOUT A FLIGHT PLAN.  THE PILOT AND HIS INSTRUCTOR RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES.

ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, THE AIRCRAFT WAS GAINING SPEED ON THE TAKEOFF ROLL, WHEN FOR NO APPARENT REASON IT VEERED LEFT UNCONTROLLABLY AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY, SHEERING THE NOSE WHEEL OFF RESULTING IN THE PROPELLER BEING BENT DUE TO GROUND CONTACT.

WEATHER REPORT AT KHYX AIRPORT AT 1813 UTC WAS: WIND 150 DEGREES AT 7 KNOTS, VISIBILITY 10 STATUTE MILES, SCATTERED CLOUDS 3,300 & 3,900, BROKEN CEILING 6,000, TEMP 72 DEW POINT 55 AND ALTIMETER 3017.

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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