# Incident 20161007019949I: Piper PA-28-161, Dover, DE, October 7, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 7, 2016, 18:30 local time
- Place: Dover, DE
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: UDWS
- Location: 39.1606° N, 75.5217° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dover, DE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1606&lon=-75.5217&mi=10
- Aircraft: N493DS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N493DS) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 20 total, 20 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161007019949I

## Narrative

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

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ A STUDENT PILOT HAD JUST DEPARTED ON A SECOND SUPERVISED SOLO IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AT DELAWARE AIR PARK, DE. AFTER MAKING HIS FIRST LANDING THE STUDENT PILOT INSTEAD OF COMING TO A FULL STOP AS HE HAD BEEN BRIEFED IN THE PAST INITIATED A TAKE OFF.  THE INSTRUCTOR RADIOED FOR HIM TO COME TO A FULL STOP, AND POWER TO IDLE. BY THEN THE STUDENT WAS PARTIALLY AIRBORNE AND HALF- WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY.THE STUDENT BECAME CONFUSED AND ATTEMPTED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT AND APPLY BRAKING ON REMAINING RUNWAY. THIS WAS INSUFFICIENT TO PREVENT THE AIRCRAFT FROM ROLLING OFF THE END OF THE PAVED RUNWAY, IMPACTING A DIRT MOUND AND COMING TO REST.  INITIAL INSPECTION OF N493DS REVEALED DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER CAUSING SUDDEN STOPPAGE OF ENGINE AND THE NOSE GEAR WAS COMPLETELY BROKEN OFF FROM THE NOSE WHEEL STRUT TUBE. NO OTHER STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED. PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.

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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