20231013021329A

Accident · Minor damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-180 · Denton, TX · October 13, 2023

Date
October 13, 2023 · 07:54 local
Place
Denton, TX
Airport
Denton Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6605J
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN24LA016
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
43 total43 in this make and model43 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Student pilot on a solo flight departed the runway after landing on RUNWAY18R. Winds at the time of departure were 260/12 and the maximum croisswind component lited in the POH is 17KTS. Upon touchdown, the solo student pilot began to drift to the left of the runway. The solo student pilot attempted a go-around however the aircraft struck the right wingtip and propeller as it exited runway 18R about a third of the way down from the departure end. The aircraft came to rest just off of the left side of the runway in the grass. The solo student pilot shut down the aircraft normally and exited the aircraft. Tower dispatched crash fire resuce and there were no injuries. Damage was noted to the right wing approximately one third of the way down and all three propeller blades were bent.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT PILOT ON A SOLO FLIGHT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY AFTER LANDING ON RUNWAY18R. WINDS AT THE TIME OF DEPARTURE WERE 260/12 AND THE MAXIMUM CROISSWIND COMPONENT LITED IN THE POH IS 17KTS. UPON TOUCHDOWN, THE SOLO STUDENT PILOT BEGAN TO DRIFT TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY. THE SOLO STUDENT PILOT ATTEMPTED A GO-AROUND HOWEVER THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE RIGHT WINGTIP AND PROPELLER AS IT EXITED RUNWAY 18R ABOUT A THIRD OF THE WAY DOWN FROM THE DEPARTURE END. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST JUST OFF OF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY IN THE GRASS. THE SOLO STUDENT PILOT SHUT DOWN THE AIRCRAFT NORMALLY AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT. TOWER DISPATCHED CRASH FIRE RESUCE AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. DAMAGE WAS NOTED TO THE RIGHT WING APPROXIMATELY ONE THIRD OF THE WAY DOWN AND ALL THREE PROPELLER BLADES WERE BENT.

NTSB investigation

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