# Incident 19801211086209I: Piper PA28140, Danville, VA, December 11, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 11, 1980, 14:10 local time
- Place: Danville, VA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.5860° N, 79.3950° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Danville, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.5860&lon=-79.3950&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6587W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6587W-1990-08-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12 total, 12 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801211086209I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT ALLOWED AIRCRAFT TO VEER OFF RUNWAY AFTER TOUCHDOWN.

## Other reports on N6587W (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19880322027459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880322027459A), Mar 22, 1988: Piper PA28140 (N6587W), Chatham, VA, Substantial damage. Landing approach high and fast. Lost directional control on touch and go landing . Veered off runway. Hit a tree.

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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