20190125009549I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Minden, NV · January 25, 2019

Date
January 25, 2019 · 09:57 local
Place
Minden, NV
Airport
Minden-Tahoe
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6514W
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
17 total17 in this make and model9 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 performing air work, the pilot returned to kmev to perform several touch and go landings and a low pass down the runway in ground effect. The pilot radioed kmev traffic of his intentions and lined up with the runway. At about 100 feet past the numbers, the aircraft unexpectedly sank on to the runway. The pilot felt he did not have sufficient speed to complete the low pass so he decided to land the aircraft. The pilot said he was about six feet right of the centerline so he applied left rudder to correct his position. Immediately the aircraft veered hard to the left and exited the runway. Upon contacting the soft mud, the nose gear collapsed and the aircraft came to rest upright.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER PERFORMING AIR WORK, THE PILOT RETURNED TO KMEV TO PERFORM SEVERAL TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS AND A LOW PASS DOWN THE RUNWAY IN GROUND EFFECT. THE PILOT RADIOED KMEV TRAFFIC OF HIS INTENTIONS AND LINED UP WITH THE RUNWAY. AT ABOUT 100 FEET PAST THE NUMBERS, THE AIRCRAFT UNEXPECTEDLY SANK ON TO THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT FELT HE DID NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT SPEED TO COMPLETE THE LOW PASS SO HE DECIDED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT SAID HE WAS ABOUT SIX FEET RIGHT OF THE CENTERLINE SO HE APPLIED LEFT RUDDER TO CORRECT HIS POSITION. IMMEDIATELY THE AIRCRAFT VEERED HARD TO THE LEFT AND EXITED THE RUNWAY. UPON CONTACTING THE SOFT MUD, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST UPRIGHT.