# Incident 20220507006719I: Piper PA-25-260, Hartford, WI, May 7, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 2022, 11:00 local time
- Place: Hartford, WI
- Airport: Hartford Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.3500° N, 88.3902° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HARTFORD MUNI (HXF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.3500&lon=-88.3902&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8588L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8588L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-260 (registry code 7102508, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-25-260
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,517 total, 45 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220507006719I

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 7, 2022 AT APPROXIMATELY 1100 LOCAL TIME AIRCRAFT N8588L A PIPER PA-260 WITH ONLY THE PILOT ON BOARD, TOWED AND RELEASING A GLIDER THEN RETURNED AND LANDED AT HARTFORD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT IN HARTFORD, WISCONSIN. UPON LANDING ON RUNWAY 18 AND TURNING OFF THE RUNWAY ONTO THE TAXI WAY, WHILE APPLYING BRAKES, THE AIRCRAFT TAIL LIFTED AND THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE TAXIWAY, THE AIRCRAFT PROP STRUCK THE TAXIWAY AND THE BLADE BENT AFT. NO OTHER DAMAGE WAS NOTED ON THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT STATED DURING THE TAXI OFF THE RUNWAY, THE CONTROL STICK WAS IN THE FULL AFT POSITION WITH FULL UP ELEVATOR. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE PILOT REPORTED THE WINDS AS VARIABLE FROM THE EAST AND NORTHEAST AT 8 TO 10 GUSTING TO 15 MPH. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

A RECORDS REVIEW WAS PERFORMED WITH THE AIRCRAFT HAVING A CURRENT ANNUAL. FILE PHOTO DID NOT INDICATE ANY OTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. NO OTHER AIRCRAFT DISCREPANCIES NOTED. A REVIEW OF THE PILOTS MEDICAL INDICATED THE BASIC MED WAS NOT SHOW COMPLETE DUE TO THE TRAINING REQUIREMENT WAS INCOMPLETE. THE CMEC CHECKLIST WAS ALSO EXPIRED.

THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT ON GRASS RUNWAY 18. THE WINDS WERE VARYING OUT OF THE NORTH TO NORTH-EAST AT 8 KNOTS GUSTING TO 15 KNOTS.

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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