# Incident 20170315009519I: Piper PA-34-600TP, Bellefontaine, OH, March 15, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 15, 2017, 08:30 local time
- Place: Bellefontaine, OH
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3625° N, 83.7628° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bellefontaine, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3625&lon=-83.7628&mi=10
- Aircraft: N600ST (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34-600TP
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 900 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170315009519I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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