20190517022869I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-18A · Opelousas, LA · May 17, 2019

Date
May 17, 2019 · 12:10 local
Place
Opelousas, LA
Airport
Ahart Field
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2576P
Reported as
Piper PA-18A
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
172 total111 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.

Pilot landed on runway 18. At approximately 800 feet from the end of runway 18, the aircraft veered to the right. Pilot applied left rudder and increased engine power. The aircraft made a sharp turn to the left running off of the left side of the runway into the grass damaging left wing tip, left elevator and spreading landing gear.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT LANDED ON RUNWAY 18. AT APPROXIMATELY 800 FEET FROM THE END OF RUNWAY 18, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT. PILOT APPLIED LEFT RUDDER AND INCREASED ENGINE POWER. THE AIRCRAFT MADE A SHARP TURN TO THE LEFT RUNNING OFF OF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS DAMAGING LEFT WING TIP, LEFT ELEVATOR AND SPREADING LANDING GEAR.