# Incident 20210629004329I: Piper PA-28-181, New Ulm, MN, June 29, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 29, 2021, 19:27 local time
- Place: New Ulm, MN
- Airport: New Ulm Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: NUTS
- Location: 44.3184° N, 94.5016° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEW ULM MUNI (ULM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3184&lon=-94.5016&mi=10
- Aircraft: N338MK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N338MK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-B4A (registry code 41867, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-b4a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-B4A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 22 total, 20 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/20210629004329I

## Narrative

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

2021-06-29, N338MK, PIPER PA-28 DEPARTED THE RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY 15 AT NEW ULM MUNI, KULM

THE PIC OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS A STUDENT PILOT ON HIS FIRST SOLO. HE HAD JUST COMPLETED 3 LANDINGS WITH HIS CFI AT THIS AIRPORT. THE CFI GOT OUT OF THE PLANE AND SIGNED THE STUDENT PILOT OFF FOR THE SOLO. NO GO-AROUNDS WERE CONDUCTED IN THE PRESOLO CHECK FLIGHT.

THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED ON THE FIRST LANDING OF THE SOLO STUDENT. AIRCRAFT DATA SHOWED THAT THE FINAL APPROACH WAS LINED UP, BUT AS THE SOLO APPROACHED THE END OF THE RUNWAY, HE MAINTAINED ALTITUDE AND CAME ACROSS THE END OF THE RUNWAY HIGH. AS THE CAPTAIN BARS CAME UNDER THE NOSE, THE STUDENT CHOPPED POWER TO IDLE, PUSHED THE NOSE OVER, AND THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED AT A 800 FPM RATE. SECONDS LATER IT TOUCHED DOWN AND SWERVED LEFT, THEN RIGHT, THEN LEFT, THEN WITH MORE RIGHT RUDDER INPUT THE AIRCRAFT SWERVED HARD RIGHT DEPARTING THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE S-SWERVING TOOK PLACE OVER 1000 FEET OF PAVEMENT.

WHEN THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY, A RUNWAY LIGHT WAS HIT. THE LIGHT BOUNCED UP HITTING THE BOTTOM OF THE RIGHT WING AND DENTING THE FUEL TANK, IT THEN TRAVELED AFT AND PUNCHED A HOLE INTO THE BOTTOM OF THE RIGHT FLAP. A PROP STRIKE TO THE GROUND WAS ALSO EXPERIENCED.

THE CFI RAN OVER AND WAS THE FIRST AND ONLY RESPONSE TO THE INCIDENT. THE CFI STARTED THE AIRCRAFT IN THE GRASS AND TAXIED IT BACK TO THE RAMP WITHOUT INTENT TO FLY. AT THAT TIME THE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT WAS PERFORMED, OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE WERE NOTIFIED. THEN ENGINE WAS REMOVED FOR THE PROP STRIKE INSPECTION, OTHER MAINTENANCE CONDUCTED AND THREE WEEKS LATER THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

FAA MET WITH THE DIRECTOR OF SAFETY FOR THE SCHOOL, CFI AND STUDENT PILOT. COUNSELING INCLUDED THE IMPORTANCE OF STABILIZED APPROACHES, GO AROUND TRAINING AND EXECUTING THE GO-AROUND ITSELF PRIOR TO SOLO RELEASE. THE FLIGHT SCHOOL HAD A SAFETY STAND DOWN TO COVER THE TOPICS AND ESTABLISHED PERSONAL TRAINING FOR THE STUDENT PILOT TO SAFELY RETURN HIM TO AN OPERATIONAL STATUS.

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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