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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Pikeville, NC · September 7, 2017

Date: September 7, 2017 · 12:20 local
Place: Pikeville, NC
Airport: Wayne Executive Jetport
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3545K
Reported as: Piper PA-28-140
Reported engine: Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Student
Pilot’s flight hours: 29 total12 in this make and model12 in the last 90 days

N3545KRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140S/N 28-23619 · Built 1967 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

A student pilot on a solo flight was making a landing on runway 23 at gww. After feeling the main tires touch down continued flare and hold crosswind corrections. As the aircraft continued to slow on the runway the pilot said the wind strongly pulled the aircraft to the left. While attempting to correct the aircraft continued to pull left entering a soybean field left of the runway and coming to a stop about 50 to 75 feet from the runway. No injuries reported. Damage included a bent propeller and broken nose gear fork that was found about 10 to 15 feet from the aircraft in the path from the runway.

As the FAA filed it

A STUDENT PILOT ON A SOLO FLIGHT WAS MAKING A LANDING ON RUNWAY 23 AT GWW. AFTER FEELING THE MAIN TIRES TOUCH DOWN CONTINUED FLARE AND HOLD CROSSWIND CORRECTIONS. AS THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO SLOW ON THE RUNWAY THE PILOT SAID THE WIND STRONGLY PULLED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE LEFT. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CORRECT THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO PULL LEFT ENTERING A SOYBEAN FIELD LEFT OF THE RUNWAY AND COMING TO A STOP ABOUT 50 TO 75 FEET FROM THE RUNWAY. NO INJURIES REPORTED. DAMAGE INCLUDED A BENT PROPELLER AND BROKEN NOSE GEAR FORK THAT WAS FOUND ABOUT 10 TO 15 FEET FROM THE AIRCRAFT IN THE PATH FROM THE RUNWAY.