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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-180 · Suffolk, VA · July 22, 2017

Date
July 22, 2017 · 19:58 local
Place
Suffolk, VA
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2814T
NTSB investigation
NTSBGAA17CA430
Reported as
Piper PA-28-180
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
20 total10 in this make and model1 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Aircraft veered right off grass strip approximately 1800 ft down 3000 ft. grass strip. Right wing collided with tree line and spun the aircraft around. Substantial damage to outboard right wing and the wing broke at the wing root. Other damage to propeller spinner from colliding with the tree.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT VEERED RIGHT OFF GRASS STRIP APPROXIMATELY 1800 FT DOWN 3000 FT. GRASS STRIP. RIGHT WING COLLIDED WITH TREE LINE AND SPUN THE AIRCRAFT AROUND. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO OUTBOARD RIGHT WING AND THE WING BROKE AT THE WING ROOT. OTHER DAMAGE TO PROPELLER SPINNER FROM COLLIDING WITH THE TREE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.