# Incident 20200326003089I: Piper PA-28-161, Mankato, MN, March 26, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 2020, 18:45 local time
- Place: Mankato, MN
- Airport: Mankato Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: NUTS
- Location: 44.2228° N, 93.9193° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MANKATO RGNL (MKT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2228&lon=-93.9193&mi=10
- Aircraft: N286MK (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-161
- 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, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200326003089I

## Narrative

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

KMKT, RWY 33, N286MK WAS BEING FLOWN BY A STUDENT PILOT PIC GOING OUT FOR HIS FIRST SOLO.  WINDS WERE 180/03 SO RELATIVELY CALM, BUT LEFT QUARTERING TAILWIND.

SOLO PIC LANDED THE AIRCRAFT ON RWY 33 BUT AS HE WAS ROLLING OUT THE PLANE STARTED VEERING RIGHT TOWARDS THE RUNWAY EDGE.  PIC MADE THE DECISION TO GO AROUND.  ADDED POWER AND PULLED THE PLANE OFF THE DECK, BUT IT DEPARTED THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 6 INCHES ABOVE THE GROUND.  THE INSIDE OF THE LEFT MAIN TIRE HIT A RWY LIGHT AS THE LOW FLYING PLANE PASSED OVER THE TOP OF IT.  THE IMPACT FLUNG THE LIGHT POLE INTO THE BOTTOM OF THE LEFT WING TEARING OPEN A 3 INCH GASH IN THE FUEL TANK.  THE AIRCRAFT CLIMBED TO PATTERN ALTITUDE.  THE STUDENT PILOT SAW THE FUEL STREAMING FROM THE LEFT WING AND CALLED HIS CFI ON THE CELL PHONE TO ASK WHAT TO DO.  THE CFI TOLD HIM TO LAND IMMEDIATELY.

THE SOLO PIC DID NOT DECLARE AN EMERGENCY, FLEW A NORMAL PATTERN FOR A PLANNED FULL STOP.  HE STATED HE WAS NERVOUS, HE LANDED THE PLANE, ON ROLL OUT IT WAS VEERING RIGHT AGAIN, HE MADE THE DECISION HE WOULD JUST RIDE IT OUT.  AT 1500 FT THE PLANE DEPARTED THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RWY INTO THE GRASS PROCEEDING IN A NORTHERLY DIRECTION.  IN THE PROCESS THE AIRCRAFT CAME UP ON THE INTERSECTING RWY WHERE IT HAD A PROP STRIKE, AFTER CROSSING THIS RWY, IT CAME TO A FULL STOP IN THE MUDDY GRASS 500 FT FROM WHERE IT INITIALLY DEPARTED THE RIGHT SIDE OF RWY 33.

THE SOLO PIC SHUTDOWN THE AIRCRAFT AND HAD AN UNEVENTFUL EGRESS.  DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS A PUNCTURED LEFT FUEL TANK AND A PROP STRIKE.

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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