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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-180 · Paso Robles, CA · March 16, 2024

Date
March 16, 2024 · 10:42 local
Place
Paso Robles, CA
Airport
Paso Robles Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4708L
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

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.

Facts are as follows:

Incident occured on rwy 19

Student pilot was doing touch and goes

During touch and go aircraft shuttered then

Aircraft pulls left sharply with PIC unable to control movement.

Wind tip hits the ground no damage

No winds (accounted as a perfect day) per PIC

Gear collapses, prop hits ground, no damage to firewall, engine will need rebuild

PIC is unable to send a report because he wasn't sure of what happened or cause

Student pilot getting ready to test for CFI trainer

Mechanic was consulted to verify that no firewall damage was present.

No mechanical issues can be determined at this time

As the FAA filed it

FACTS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

INCIDENT OCCURED ON RWY 19

STUDENT PILOT WAS DOING TOUCH AND GOES

DURING TOUCH AND GO AIRCRAFT SHUTTERED THEN

AIRCRAFT PULLS LEFT SHARPLY WITH PIC UNABLE TO CONTROL MOVEMENT.

WIND TIP HITS THE GROUND NO DAMAGE

NO WINDS (ACCOUNTED AS A PERFECT DAY) PER PIC

GEAR COLLAPSES, PROP HITS GROUND, NO DAMAGE TO FIREWALL, ENGINE WILL NEED REBUILD

PIC IS UNABLE TO SEND A REPORT BECAUSE HE WASN'T SURE OF WHAT HAPPENED OR CAUSE

STUDENT PILOT GETTING READY TO TEST FOR CFI TRAINER

MECHANIC WAS CONSULTED TO VERIFY THAT NO FIREWALL DAMAGE WAS PRESENT.

NO MECHANICAL ISSUES CAN BE DETERMINED AT THIS TIME