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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-34-220T · Bellingham, WA · September 26, 2019

Date
September 26, 2019 · 12:00 local
Place
Bellingham, WA
Airport
Bellingham International
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4143N
Reported as
Piper PA-34-220T
Reported engine
Continental TSIO-360 series
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
9,000 total75 in this make and model45 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 runway 34. After landing, aircraft drifted to left, and pilot attempted to correct with rudder and power. Plane then entered clockwise ground loop, at which point the left gear collapsed, and the left wing and prop contacted the ground.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT LANDED RUNWAY 34. AFTER LANDING, AIRCRAFT DRIFTED TO LEFT, AND PILOT ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT WITH RUDDER AND POWER. PLANE THEN ENTERED CLOCKWISE GROUND LOOP, AT WHICH POINT THE LEFT GEAR COLLAPSED, AND THE LEFT WING AND PROP CONTACTED THE GROUND.

Other reports on N4143N · 2

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.