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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-161 · Parkersburg, WV · June 5, 1988

Date
June 5, 1988 · 20:26 local
Place
Parkersburg, WV
Airport
Wood County Airport Gill Robb
Phase of flight
Touch And Go Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
BXPA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8260V
Reported as
Piper PA28161
Reported engine
Lycoming O320D3G
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
18 total18 in this make and model18 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 lost directional control on a touch and go landing. Veered off side of runway and ground looped.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON A TOUCH AND GO LANDING. VEERED OFF SIDE OF RUNWAY AND GROUND LOOPED.