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FAA incident report · Piper PA-34-600TP · Bellefontaine, OH · March 15, 2017

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Date
March 15, 2017 · 08:30 local
Place
Bellefontaine, OH
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N600ST
Reported as
Piper PA-34-600TP
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
2,000 total900 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

The pilot related in a written signed statement,the following:

On 3/15/2017 at approximately 8:30AM ,I was flying my Piper M600 tail # N600ST from neil armstrong airport kaxv to bellfontaine, regional airport ,kedj.

Before leaving I briefed the weather on line using www. Weathertap.com. It was a clear day with some gusty winds. The winds favored runway 25 at kedj and just for practice as I do most times I set up my approach on RNAV GPS 25. After crossing the faf reviewed the approach portion of my check list and was completely set up for landing having to crab into a quartering headwind. Immediately upon touching down all 3 wheels the airplane darted hard left at approximately a 45 degree angle. I tried unsuccessfully to bring it back to the runway with no success. The aircraft went into the grassy area just left of the runway collapsing the nose gear and pushing the nose into the ground. Having just gone through a week of ground school and flight training in this aiplane 10 days earlier I was very familiar with shutting everything down before exiting the airplane and did so.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT RELATED IN A WRITTEN SIGNED STATEMENT,THE FOLLOWING:

ON 3/15/2017 AT APPROXIMATELY 8:30AM ,I WAS FLYING MY PIPER M600 TAIL # N600ST FROM NEIL ARMSTRONG AIRPORT KAXV TO BELLFONTAINE, REGIONAL AIRPORT ,KEDJ.

BEFORE LEAVING I BRIEFED THE WEATHER ON LINE USING WWW.WEATHERTAP.COM. IT WAS A CLEAR DAY WITH SOME GUSTY WINDS. THE WINDS FAVORED RUNWAY 25 AT KEDJ AND JUST FOR PRACTICE AS I DO MOST TIMES I SET UP MY APPROACH ON RNAV GPS 25. AFTER CROSSING THE FAF REVIEWED THE APPROACH PORTION OF MY CHECK LIST AND WAS COMPLETELY SET UP FOR LANDING HAVING TO CRAB INTO A QUARTERING HEADWIND. IMMEDIATELY UPON TOUCHING DOWN ALL 3 WHEELS THE AIRPLANE DARTED HARD LEFT AT APPROXIMATELY A 45 DEGREE ANGLE. I TRIED UNSUCCESSFULLY TO BRING IT BACK TO THE RUNWAY WITH NO SUCCESS. THE AIRCRAFT WENT INTO THE GRASSY AREA JUST LEFT OF THE RUNWAY COLLAPSING THE NOSE GEAR AND PUSHING THE NOSE INTO THE GROUND. HAVING JUST GONE THROUGH A WEEK OF GROUND SCHOOL AND FLIGHT TRAINING IN THIS AIPLANE 10 DAYS EARLIER I WAS VERY FAMILIAR WITH SHUTTING EVERYTHING DOWN BEFORE EXITING THE AIRPLANE AND DID SO.