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Date
October 31, 2017 · 12:20 local
Place
Melbourne, FL
Airport
Melbourne Int'L
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
ECQS
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N613FT
Reported as
Piper PA-28-161
Reported engine
Lycoming O-320-D3G
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
23 total23 in this make and model23 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 flight school director of safety reported the following: "student pilot on third solo reported extreme nosewheel shimmy on landing rollout in 6 knot crosswind and lost directional control, wheelbarrowed to the left to runway edge. Damage to aircraft was approx 10K with lightly scraped RH wingtip, one prop blade tip scraped, and nosewheel fork bent and wheel rim scratched."
As the FAA filed it
THE FLIGHT SCHOOL DIRECTOR OF SAFETY REPORTED THE FOLLOWING: "STUDENT PILOT ON THIRD SOLO REPORTED EXTREME NOSEWHEEL SHIMMY ON LANDING ROLLOUT IN 6 KNOT CROSSWIND AND LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL, WHEELBARROWED TO THE LEFT TO RUNWAY EDGE. DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT WAS APPROX 10K WITH LIGHTLY SCRAPED RH WINGTIP, ONE PROP BLADE TIP SCRAPED, AND NOSEWHEEL FORK BENT AND WHEEL RIM SCRATCHED."