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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-161 · Clewiston, FL · May 3, 2018

Date
May 3, 2018 · 12:45 local
Place
Clewiston, FL
Airport
Airglades Airport
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Rotation
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4445S
Reported as
Piper PA-28-161
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 D3G
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
45 total45 in this make and model28 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.

After aircraft came to a full stop at Airglades park (2IS), pilot taxied back to runway 13, performed pre departure check for radio call. Aircraft taxied onto the runway. Increased aircraft to full power and pushed the right rudder. Pilot noticed wind from the left before takeoff roll and turned the control wheel slightly to the left. Aircraft rotated at 55 knots. Aircraft banked to the left. Pilot attempted to level the wings but it didn't work. Aircraft touched the ground on the left wheel, the aircraft then slid into the grass. The nose gear collapsed due hard impact with the ground and the propeller was damaged. The aircaft came to a stop in the grass. No injuries.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER AIRCRAFT CAME TO A FULL STOP AT AIRGLADES PARK (2IS), PILOT TAXIED BACK TO RUNWAY 13, PERFORMED PRE DEPARTURE CHECK FOR RADIO CALL. AIRCRAFT TAXIED ONTO THE RUNWAY. INCREASED AIRCRAFT TO FULL POWER AND PUSHED THE RIGHT RUDDER. PILOT NOTICED WIND FROM THE LEFT BEFORE TAKEOFF ROLL AND TURNED THE CONTROL WHEEL SLIGHTLY TO THE LEFT. AIRCRAFT ROTATED AT 55 KNOTS. AIRCRAFT BANKED TO THE LEFT. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LEVEL THE WINGS BUT IT DIDN'T WORK. AIRCRAFT TOUCHED THE GROUND ON THE LEFT WHEEL, THE AIRCRAFT THEN SLID INTO THE GRASS. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED DUE HARD IMPACT WITH THE GROUND AND THE PROPELLER WAS DAMAGED. THE AIRCAFT CAME TO A STOP IN THE GRASS. NO INJURIES.