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FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-181 · Sulphur Springs, TX · October 3, 2023

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Date
October 3, 2023 · 08:00 local
Place
Sulphur Springs, TX
Airport
Sulphur Springs Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
3USS
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N343TF
Reported as
Piper PA-28-181
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-B4A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
30 total30 in this make and model
N343TFRegistered now · Piper PA-28-181S/N 2881551 · Built 2022Airframe modelPiper PA-28-181Engine modelLycoming IO-360-B4AReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

privacy data omittedWas being flown by student pilot on first solo cross crountry flight for practice. The airplane was landing on Sulphur Springs Municipal Airport (slr) runway 01. The student pilot reported that the wind was believed to be calm at touchdown.

The student pilot stated that she had to perform a go-around on the first two landing attempts. On the second landing attempt, the student pilot stated that the airplane bounced impacting the runway surface and balooned. She did another go-around. On the third landing attempt, she stated that the airplane touched down and then began to swerve out of control. She stated that she was unable to regain control and stop the airplane from swerving. The airplane departed the runway pavement, crossed an airport drainage ditch adjacent to runway 01.

The airplane struck the embankment causing the nose gear to collapse. The airplane came to rest on the west side of the runway on the west side of the drainage ditch embankment facing in an approximately 255 degree direction.

It was found that no damage was sustained to the propeller, engine mount, or lanidng gear trunion tube.

As the FAA filed it

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^WAS BEING FLOWN BY STUDENT PILOT ON FIRST SOLO CROSS CROUNTRY FLIGHT FOR PRACTICE. THE AIRPLANE WAS LANDING ON SULPHUR SPRINGS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (SLR) RUNWAY 01. THE STUDENT PILOT REPORTED THAT THE WIND WAS BELIEVED TO BE CALM AT TOUCHDOWN.

THE STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT SHE HAD TO PERFORM A GO-AROUND ON THE FIRST TWO LANDING ATTEMPTS. ON THE SECOND LANDING ATTEMPT, THE STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED IMPACTING THE RUNWAY SURFACE AND BALOONED. SHE DID ANOTHER GO-AROUND. ON THE THIRD LANDING ATTEMPT, SHE STATED THAT THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN AND THEN BEGAN TO SWERVE OUT OF CONTROL. SHE STATED THAT SHE WAS UNABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL AND STOP THE AIRPLANE FROM SWERVING. THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED THE RUNWAY PAVEMENT, CROSSED AN AIRPORT DRAINAGE DITCH ADJACENT TO RUNWAY 01.

THE AIRPLANE STRUCK THE EMBANKMENT CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE. THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE RUNWAY ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE DRAINAGE DITCH EMBANKMENT FACING IN AN APPROXIMATELY 255 DEGREE DIRECTION.

IT WAS FOUND THAT NO DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED TO THE PROPELLER, ENGINE MOUNT, OR LANIDNG GEAR TRUNION TUBE.