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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Abilene, TX · April 19, 2018

Date: April 19, 2018 · 08:45 local
Place: Abilene, TX
Airport: Abilene International Airport
Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9988W
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: 24 total24 in this make and model24 in the last 90 days

N9988WRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140S/N 28-24838 · Built 1968 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.

On April 19, 2018, at approximately 0845 CDT, N9988W, a Piper 28-140, experienced a shimmy in the nose wheel due to wind gusts on take-off departure roll at Abilene International Airport (abi) in Abilene, Texas. The student pilot (who is not the registered owner) veered off the runway into the grass area between runway and taxiway. The aircraft was being operated on a personal flight. Visual meterological conditions prevailed at the time and a VFR flight plan was filed. The aircraft suffered minor damage and the student pilot was not injured. The student pilot was the only soul on board. The flight originated from Abilene, Texas (abi) on April 19, 2018 at approximately 0840 CDT.

As the FAA filed it

ON APRIL 19, 2018, AT APPROXIMATELY 0845 CDT, N9988W, A PIPER 28-140, EXPERIENCED A SHIMMY IN THE NOSE WHEEL DUE TO WIND GUSTS ON TAKE-OFF DEPARTURE ROLL AT ABILENE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (ABI) IN ABILENE, TEXAS. THE STUDENT PILOT (WHO IS NOT THE REGISTERED OWNER) VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS AREA BETWEEN RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE STUDENT PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS THE ONLY SOUL ON BOARD. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM ABILENE, TEXAS (ABI) ON APRIL 19, 2018 AT APPROXIMATELY 0840 CDT.

Other reports on N9988W · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Incident 20210527010119ILanding: Touchdown · Cisco, TXOn may 27, 2021, at approximately 1100, a Piper PA-28-140 aircraft bearing registration number N9988W, registered to [privacy data omitted], performed a nose down hard landing resulting in the nose gear collapsing at kgzn in Cisco Texas. The aircraft was…May 27, 2021 · Minor damage