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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Twin Falls, ID · November 30, 2020

Date
November 30, 2020 · 13:50 local
Place
Twin Falls, ID
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5854U
Reported as
Piper PA-28-140
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
60 total60 in this make and model6 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 had received dual instruction on 11/15/2020. Pilot indicated he had been practicing touch and go's in the pattern for approx 20 minutes when event happened. Piliot indicated he had set up a stabilized decent onto runway 8, approach speed 80 KTS. When he went to enter a flare he was a little late, a/c had started to settle and the aircraft bounced up once and on second contact with runway the nose wheel left side rim lip failed allowing tire to roll off the wheel jamming in the strut fork. A/c drifted to the right running just off the edge of the runway and causing the fork to bend as it dug into the soft runway shoulder. The very tip of the prop struck the ground as the aircraft came to a stop. No further action deemed necessary at this time. Case closed.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT HAD RECEIVED DUAL INSTRUCTION ON 11/15/2020. PILOT INDICATED HE HAD BEEN PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO'S IN THE PATTERN FOR APPROX 20 MINUTES WHEN EVENT HAPPENED. PILIOT INDICATED HE HAD SET UP A STABILIZED DECENT ONTO RUNWAY 8, APPROACH SPEED 80 KTS. WHEN HE WENT TO ENTER A FLARE HE WAS A LITTLE LATE, A/C HAD STARTED TO SETTLE AND THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED UP ONCE AND ON SECOND CONTACT WITH RUNWAY THE NOSE WHEEL LEFT SIDE RIM LIP FAILED ALLOWING TIRE TO ROLL OFF THE WHEEL JAMMING IN THE STRUT FORK. A/C DRIFTED TO THE RIGHT RUNNING JUST OFF THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY AND CAUSING THE FORK TO BEND AS IT DUG INTO THE SOFT RUNWAY SHOULDER. THE VERY TIP OF THE PROP STRUCK THE GROUND AS THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP. NO FURTHER ACTION DEEMED NECESSARY AT THIS TIME. CASE CLOSED.