# Incident 20180503014949I: Piper PA-28-161, Clewiston, FL, May 3, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 2018, 12:45 local time
- Place: Clewiston, FL
- Airport: Airglades Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 26.7352° N, 81.0511° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AIRGLADES (2IS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.7352&lon=-81.0511&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4445S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4445S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102834, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-320-D3G (registry code 42156, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-320-d3g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-161
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 D3G
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 45 total, 45 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180503014949I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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