# Incident 20170327004359I: Piper PA-28-181, St Petersberg, FL, March 27, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 27, 2017, 16:43 local time
- Place: St Petersberg, FL
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.7709° N, 82.6793° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Petersburg, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7709&lon=-82.6793&mi=10
- Aircraft: N405A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N405A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360-A4M (registry code 42276, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-a4m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360-A4M
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 364 total, 194 in this make and model, 83 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170327004359I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS CLEARED FOR A TOUCH AND GO. THE STUDENT PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT JUST TO THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE. THE INSTRUCTOR PUT THE FLAPS UP AND THE STUDENT WENT TO FULL POWER FOR THE TAKEOFF AND THEN TRIED APPLYING LEFT RUDDER TO GET BACK ON THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE. STUDENT OVER-CORRECTED WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO BEGIN A SKID. THE INSTRUCTOR IMMEDIATELY REALIZED THAT AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO TAKEOFF GIVEN THE SKID, AND THAT THEY WERE BELOW ROTATION SPEED WITH THE FLAPS UP. THE INSTRUCTOR IMMEDIATELY SAID ?MY CONTROLS? AND PULLED THE POWER BACK TO IDLE AND STARTED APPLYING BRAKES. GIVEN THE SKID, IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO STEER THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RIGHT TOWARD THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE WITHOUT AN ADVERSE OUTCOME, SO THE INSTRUCTOR KEPT THE NOSE STRAIGHT WHILE BRAKING. THE AIRCRAFT BARELY EXITED THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS AT A VERY SLOW SPEED WHERE THE INSTRUCTOR SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE THAT THE INSTRUCTOR COULD SEE TO THE AIRCRAFT OR RUNWAY. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE FOUND ON THE RUNWAY POST INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED AN INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT AND, NOT FINDING ANY DAMAGE, RETURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO SERVICE.

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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