20231002014109A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-180 · Gallipolis, OH · October 2, 2023

Date
October 2, 2023 · 19:30 local
Place
Gallipolis, OH
Airport
Gallia-Meigs Regional
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N7461W
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA24LA002
Reported as
Piper PA-28-180
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
90 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.

Upon landing runway 05, on a calm clear evening. Following the mains touching down just past the numbers, the nose gear buckled and the prop struck the runway repeatedly. The aircraft then veered off the left side of the runway with the right wing and right main gear running into and over the PAPI lights putting a hole in the right fuel tank and bending the right main gear and possibly the right wing spar.

As the FAA filed it

UPON LANDING RUNWAY 05, ON A CALM CLEAR EVENING. FOLLOWING THE MAINS TOUCHING DOWN JUST PAST THE NUMBERS, THE NOSE GEAR BUCKLED AND THE PROP STRUCK THE RUNWAY REPEATEDLY. THE AIRCRAFT THEN VEERED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY WITH THE RIGHT WING AND RIGHT MAIN GEAR RUNNING INTO AND OVER THE PAPI LIGHTS PUTTING A HOLE IN THE RIGHT FUEL TANK AND BENDING THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR AND POSSIBLY THE RIGHT WING SPAR.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.