# Incident 20250326002759I: Piper PA-28-181, Waseca, MN, March 26, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 2025, 10:30 local time
- Place: Waseca, MN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: NUTS
- Location: 44.0815° N, 93.5040° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Waseca, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0815&lon=-93.5040&mi=10
- Aircraft: N366MK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N366MK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-B4A (registry code 41867, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-b4a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-B4A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 36 total, 36 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250326002759I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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