# Incident 20190125009549I: Piper PA-28-140, Minden, NV, January 25, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 25, 2019, 09:57 local time
- Place: Minden, NV
- Airport: Minden-Tahoe
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0005° N, 119.7511° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MINDEN-TAHOE (MEV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0005&lon=-119.7511&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6514W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6514W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-140
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 17 total, 17 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190125009549I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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