# Incident 19910428023549I: Piper PA28180, Simsbury, CT, April 28, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 1991, 12:30 local time
- Place: Simsbury, CT
- Airport: Simsbury Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9162° N, 72.7769° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SIMSBURY (4B9), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9162&lon=-72.7769&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8992J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8992J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,096 total, 458 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910428023549I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED WIND SHIFT ON LANDING CAUSED HIM TO LOSE DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. VEERED OFF RUNWAY. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.

## Other reports on N8992J (1)

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

- [Accident 20230523006119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230523006119A), May 23, 2023: Piper PA-28-180 (N8992J), Stoneville, NC, Substantial damage. Aircraft landed. Turned to the left and hit a drainage ditch. The nose gear folded under the aircraft and came to rest in the ditch. The pilot in command was a…

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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