# Incident 19900601032629I: Piper PA28180, Watertown, SD, June 1, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 1, 1990, 14:45 local time
- Place: Watertown, SD
- Airport: Watertown Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9140° N, 97.1547° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WATERTOWN RGNL (ATY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9140&lon=-97.1547&mi=10
- Aircraft: CGHZS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 115 total, 7 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900601032629I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED A GUST OF WIND CAUGHT AIRCRAFT ON APPROACH. DRIFTED RIGHT. LANDED ON RUNWAY EDGE. WING HIT VASI LIGHTS

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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