20170126000559I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-235 · San Bernardino, CA · January 26, 2017

Date: January 26, 2017 · 16:56 local
Place: San Bernardino, CA
Airport: San Bernardino International
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9239W
Reported as: Piper PA-28-235
Reported engine: Lycoming 0-540 series
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 80 total80 in this make and model12 in the last 90 days

N9239WRegistered now · Piper PA-28-235S/N 28-10909 · Built 1967 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-235 Engine modelLycoming 0-540 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Upon landing the pilot was executing a landing in strong and gusty wind conditions. As he touched down, and without lowering his left wing and using his right rudder to keep the aircraft strait, the aircraft began floating right. When the aircraft touched down, the side loading of the aircraft coupled with no left aileron down input, the left wing lifted and the right wing tip struck the runway. When the pilot tried to correct and regain control of the aircraft, he over corrected with left rudder and left aileron and the aircraft exited the runway to the left.

As the FAA filed it

UPON LANDING THE PILOT WAS EXECUTING A LANDING IN STRONG AND GUSTY WIND CONDITIONS. AS HE TOUCHED DOWN, AND WITHOUT LOWERING HIS LEFT WING AND USING HIS RIGHT RUDDER TO KEEP THE AIRCRAFT STRAIT, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN FLOATING RIGHT. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN, THE SIDE LOADING OF THE AIRCRAFT COUPLED WITH NO LEFT AILERON DOWN INPUT, THE LEFT WING LIFTED AND THE RIGHT WING TIP STRUCK THE RUNWAY. WHEN THE PILOT TRIED TO CORRECT AND REGAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT, HE OVER CORRECTED WITH LEFT RUDDER AND LEFT AILERON AND THE AIRCRAFT EXITED THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT.