Runway excursion when a pilot of a PA28 experiences a loss of aircraft control when landing runway 3...

Attributes
ACN	612899
Time
Date	200403
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : pne.tower
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	PA-28 Cherokee/Archer II/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	landing : roll
Route In Use	approach : traffic pattern
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 7.1 flight time total : 71.1 flight time type : 9.4
ASRS Report	612899
Events
Anomaly	excursion : runway other anomaly
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	other other other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance Weather Environmental Factor Aircraft Airport
Primary Problem	Ambiguous

Narrative:

Made standard left traffic approach according to noise abatement guidelines. Upon touchdown on runway 3, airplane rolled right and left on runway surface into grassy area between runway and main parallel taxiway. Attempts to steer and recover were unsuccessful. Airplane went nose down into grass after passing through a small drainage ditch. All persons aboard were uninjured. Plane suffered minor damage to nose gear, propeller and left wingtip.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: RWY EXCURSION WHEN A PLT OF A PA28 EXPERIENCES A LOSS OF ACFT CTL WHEN LNDG RWY 3 AT ZZZ, US.

Narrative: MADE STANDARD L TFC APCH ACCORDING TO NOISE ABATEMENT GUIDELINES. UPON TOUCHDOWN ON RWY 3, AIRPLANE ROLLED R AND L ON RWY SURFACE INTO GRASSY AREA BTWN RWY AND MAIN PARALLEL TXWY. ATTEMPTS TO STEER AND RECOVER WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. AIRPLANE WENT NOSE DOWN INTO GRASS AFTER PASSING THROUGH A SMALL DRAINAGE DITCH. ALL PERSONS ABOARD WERE UNINJURED. PLANE SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE TO NOSE GEAR, PROP AND L WINGTIP.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Runway excursion when a pilot of a PA28 experiences a loss of aircraft control when landing runway 3 at ZZZ, us.