# Incident 20230523005019I: Piper Aircraft Inc PA-28-181, Buffalo, MN, May 23, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 2023, 09:10 local time
- Place: Buffalo, MN
- Airport: Buffalo Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: Q5HS
- Location: 45.1588° N, 93.8433° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BUFFALO MUNI (CFE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.1588&lon=-93.8433&mi=10
- Aircraft: N71143, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N71143) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102832, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360-A4M (registry code 42276, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-a4m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER AIRCRAFT INC PA-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360-A4M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 46 total, 46 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230523005019I

## Narrative

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

THE STUDENT PILOT (PIC) WAS ON AN INITIAL SOLO FLIGHT AT THE KCFE AIRPORT AND REMAINED IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR RUNWAY 18.  WINDS DURING THE FLIGHT WERE APPROXIMATELY 210° @ 5 KTS.  DURING THE FLIGHT, THE PIC REDUCED POWER TO 1700 RPM, APPLIED CARB HEAT, SELECTED THE FIRST NOTCH OF FLAPS AND TARGETED 90 KIAS.  ON BASE LEG, THE PIC SELECTED THE SECOND NOTCH OF FLAPS AND TARGETED 80 KIAS.  ONCE ON FINAL, THE PIC TARGETED 76 KIAS.  DURING THE ROUND OUT AND FLARE, THE PIC NOTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS LEFT OF CENTERLINE AND YAWED LEFT. THE PIC ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT BY USING BRAKES.  DURING THE ATTEMPT TO CORRECT THE LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL, THE AIRCRAFT EXITED TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY STRIKING A RUNWAY LIGHT WITH THE RIGHT FLAP.  THE AIRCRAFT HAD NO OTHER DAMAGE AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

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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