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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-180 · Albany, OR · September 25, 2019

Date
September 25, 2019 · 14:09 local
Place
Albany, OR
Airport
Albany
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8472W
Reported as
Piper PA-28-180
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
41 total30 in this make and model30 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.

Statement from pilot:

I crossed over the end of the runway and as I was touching down the left wing lifted. I applied left rudder and aileron input to maintain control and the plane veered hard to the left. My right hand was still on the throttle, and when the plane veered to the left, I was forced forward and to the right in my seat. This movement, with my right hand on the throttle, caused a momentary input of throttle as my hand moved forward with the rest of my body. I immediately pulled back on the throttle but by this time I was traveling toward the edge of the runway and the plane was leaning hard to the right. The right wing tip dragged the surface of the runway and then the plane left the runway surface and stopped very abruptly as the nose gear collapsed.

As the FAA filed it

STATEMENT FROM PILOT:

I CROSSED OVER THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND AS I WAS TOUCHING DOWN THE LEFT WING LIFTED. I APPLIED LEFT RUDDER AND AILERON INPUT TO MAINTAIN CONTROL AND THE PLANE VEERED HARD TO THE LEFT. MY RIGHT HAND WAS STILL ON THE THROTTLE, AND WHEN THE PLANE VEERED TO THE LEFT, I WAS FORCED FORWARD AND TO THE RIGHT IN MY SEAT. THIS MOVEMENT, WITH MY RIGHT HAND ON THE THROTTLE, CAUSED A MOMENTARY INPUT OF THROTTLE AS MY HAND MOVED FORWARD WITH THE REST OF MY BODY. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED BACK ON THE THROTTLE BUT BY THIS TIME I WAS TRAVELING TOWARD THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY AND THE PLANE WAS LEANING HARD TO THE RIGHT. THE RIGHT WING TIP DRAGGED THE SURFACE OF THE RUNWAY AND THEN THE PLANE LEFT THE RUNWAY SURFACE AND STOPPED VERY ABRUPTLY AS THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.