20240211002299I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-181 · Rochester, MN · February 11, 2024

Date
February 11, 2024 · 14:00 local
Place
Rochester, MN
Airport
Rochester International
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N50637
Reported as
Piper PA-28-181
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-360-A1D
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Private pilot, student
Pilot’s flight hours
208 total177 in this make and model7 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.

While practicing touch and go landings with winds reported as 13 KTS gusting to 21 KTS aircraft porpoised on touchdown and the PIC performed a go around. The PIC made another attempt at landing and performed another go around then on the final attempt landed without further incident. While securing the aircraft on the ramp the PIC noticed damage to the propeller.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS WITH WINDS REPORTED AS 13 KTS GUSTING TO 21 KTS AIRCRAFT PORPOISED ON TOUCHDOWN AND THE PIC PERFORMED A GO AROUND. THE PIC MADE ANOTHER ATTEMPT AT LANDING AND PERFORMED ANOTHER GO AROUND THEN ON THE FINAL ATTEMPT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. WHILE SECURING THE AIRCRAFT ON THE RAMP THE PIC NOTICED DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER.