# Incident 19880424034119I: Piper PA24250, Hickory, NC, April 24, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 1988, 12:30 local time
- Place: Hickory, NC
- Airport: Hickory Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.7411° N, 81.3896° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HICKORY RGNL (HKY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7411&lon=-81.3896&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5408P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5408P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 960 total, 9 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880424034119I

## Narrative

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

LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON A CROSSWIND LANDING. RAN OFF RUNWAY ONTO ROUGH GRASS AREA. NOT USED TO HAND BRAKE.

## Other reports on N5408P (2)

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

- [Incident 20010502008319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010502008319I), May 2, 2001: Piper PA24250 (N5408P), Latrobe, PA, Minor damage. (-23)The certified flight instructor and the private pilot were practicing instrument training and established on final approach for a landing to runway 23.…
- [Incident 19780110002439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780110002439I), Jan 10, 1978: Piper PA24 (N5408P), Green Bay, WI, Minor damage. Unable to fully extend gear before landing. Found circuit breaker popped.

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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