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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Sullivan, IN · March 20, 2023

Date
March 20, 2023 · 18:30 local
Place
Sullivan, IN
Airport
Sullivan County
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N33EC
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
96 total96 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.

Aircraft was rolling out after touchdown, veered to the left and exited the runway. Aircraft crossed a ditch and impacted the berm adjacent to the runway. The nose gear separated from the aircraft. Cowling was bent. No other damage indicated upon investigation.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT WAS ROLLING OUT AFTER TOUCHDOWN, VEERED TO THE LEFT AND EXITED THE RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT CROSSED A DITCH AND IMPACTED THE BERM ADJACENT TO THE RUNWAY. THE NOSE GEAR SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT. COWLING WAS BENT. NO OTHER DAMAGE INDICATED UPON INVESTIGATION.