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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-181 · Waseca, MN · March 26, 2025

Date
March 26, 2025 · 10:30 local
Place
Waseca, MN
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
NUTS
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N366MK
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
36 total36 in this make and model6 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.

Student pilot on solo flight performed a short field landing followed by a soft field takeoff. On takeoff, the pilot lost control of the aircraft and veered left off the runway. No noted airfield/property damage. Aircraft damage consisted of a right wingtip light assembly cracked, propeller strike, and the nose strut was bent; damage deemed minor by NTSB.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT PILOT ON SOLO FLIGHT PERFORMED A SHORT FIELD LANDING FOLLOWED BY A SOFT FIELD TAKEOFF. ON TAKEOFF, THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND VEERED LEFT OFF THE RUNWAY. NO NOTED AIRFIELD/PROPERTY DAMAGE. AIRCRAFT DAMAGE CONSISTED OF A RIGHT WINGTIP LIGHT ASSEMBLY CRACKED, PROPELLER STRIKE, AND THE NOSE STRUT WAS BENT; DAMAGE DEEMED MINOR BY NTSB.