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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-235 · Churchville, MD · August 29, 2021

Date
August 29, 2021 · 15:45 local
Place
Churchville, MD
Airport
Harford County
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9057W
Reported as
Piper PA-28-235
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-540 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
115 total

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 reported that when aircraft nosewheel touched down the aircraft veered to the side uncontrollably and struck an embankment causing damage to nosegear and a sudden engine stoppage due to a propeller strike

As the FAA filed it

PILOT REPORTED THAT WHEN AIRCRAFT NOSEWHEEL TOUCHED DOWN THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE SIDE UNCONTROLLABLY AND STRUCK AN EMBANKMENT CAUSING DAMAGE TO NOSEGEAR AND A SUDDEN ENGINE STOPPAGE DUE TO A PROPELLER STRIKE