# Incident 20171031018119I: Piper PA-28-161, Melbourne, FL, October 31, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 31, 2017, 12:20 local time
- Place: Melbourne, FL
- Airport: Melbourne Int'L
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: ECQS
- Location: 28.0836° N, 80.6081° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Melbourne, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0836&lon=-80.6081&mi=10
- Aircraft: N613FT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-161
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-320-D3G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 23 total, 23 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171031018119I

## Narrative

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

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."

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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