# Incident 19891130062419I: Piper PA28140, Westhampton Bea, NY, November 30, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 30, 1989, 12:38 local time
- Place: Westhampton Bea, NY
- Airport: Suffolk County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8070° N, 72.6451° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Westhampton Beach, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8070&lon=-72.6451&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4420X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4420X-2004-11-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 23 total, 23 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891130062419I

## Narrative

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

LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON A CROSSWIND LANDING. VEERED OFF RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N4420X (2)

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

- [Accident 19810204002689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810204002689A), Feb 4, 1981: Piper PA28140 (N4420X), Macon, MO, Substantial damage. Landing gear struck snowbank on edge of runway threshold during landing approach.
- [Accident 19770808021679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770808021679A), Aug 8, 1977: Piper PA28140 (N4420X), Lead Hill, AR, Destroyed. Da 4000FT.unable to clr trees at end of rwy.

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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