# Incident 20220214002039I: Piper PA-28-140, Iron Moutain, MI, February 14, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 14, 2022, 13:50 local time
- Place: Iron Moutain, MI
- Airport: Ford
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.8184° N, 88.1145° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORD (IMT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8184&lon=-88.1145&mi=10
- Aircraft: N237CS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N237CS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-140
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 95 total, 86 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220214002039I

## Narrative

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

ON OR ABOUT FEBRUARY 14, 2022, AT APPROXIMATELY 1350 CST, A 1968 PIPER PA-24-140, A FIXED-WING SINGLE-ENGINE AIRPLANE BEARING THE REGISTRATION OF N237CS (SN: 28-24230), SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AFTER GOING OFF OF THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 19 FOLLOWING A LANDING AT FORD AIRPORT (IMT) IN IRON MOUNTAIN, MI.   ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND (PIC) OF N237CS AND STATED THAT THE INTENDED FLIGHT'S PURPOSE WAS TO PRACTICE TO PREPARE FOR AN UPCOMING PRIVATE PILOT CHECK RIDE.  ACCORDING TO THE PIC, HE WAS CONDUCTING THIS FLIGHT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 OF THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (14 CFR) PART 91.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND THE FOLLOWING IS THE WEATHER OBSERVATION FROM IMT NEAR THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT:

METAR

KIMT 141854Z AUTO VRB05KT 10SM CLR M09/M18 A3016 RMK A02 SLP242 T10941183

KIMT 141954Z AUTO 26004KT 10SM CLR M09/M18 A3016 RMK A02 UPB31E40 SLP244 P0000 T10891183

THE PIC, A STUDENT PILOT, WAS THE AIRCRAFT'S SOLE OCCUPANT WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AND DID HAVE A VALID SOLO ENDORSEMENT FROM A CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR.  THE PIC STATED THAT AFTER HE LANDED ON RUNWAY 19, WHICH APPEARED TO BE CLEAN AND DRY, THE AIRPLANE BEGAN TO TURN HARD TO THE LEFT AND HE APPLIED RIGHT RUDDER BUT IT KEPT VEERING LEFT. THE AIRCRAFT EVENTUALLY WENT OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, IMPACTING THE SNOW LINING THE RUNWAY, SHEERING THE NOSE WHEEL FROM THE STRUT, THE PLANE PITCHED FORWARD AND CAME TO A STOP. THE PIC DID EXIT THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTORS ON SCENE STATED THAT THEIR INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT UNCOVER ANY MECHANICAL ABNORMALITIES. THEY NOTED THERE WERE NOT HEAVY SKID MARKS ON THE RUNWAY AND NO FLAT SPOTS WERE NOTED ON THE AIRCRAFT TIRES.

THIS INSPECTOR DID MAKE CONTACT WITH THE PIC'S PRIMARY FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR.  THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT HE PROVIDED 2 HOURS OF GROUND INSTRUCTION TO THE PILOT AFTER THE INCIDENT.

BASED ON THE INVESTIGATION, IT IS THIS INSPECTORS OPINION, THIS INCIDENT WAS DUE TO PILOT INDUCED ERROR. THE STUDENT PILOT DID NOT POSSESS THE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES TO CORRECTLY INTERPRET THE SITUATION.

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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