# Incident 19920315041979I: Piper PA28181, Shirley, NY, March 15, 1992

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 15, 1992, 12:12 local time
- Place: Shirley, NY
- Airport: Brookhaven Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8220° N, 72.8669° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BROOKHAVEN (HWV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8220&lon=-72.8669&mi=10
- Aircraft: N31831, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N31831) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (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 PA28181
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 527 total, 400 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/19920315041979I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED HE MADE A HARD LANDING.

## Other reports on N31831 (1)

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

- [Incident 20210926012769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210926012769I), Sep 26, 2021: Piper PA-28-181 (N31831), Ronkonkoma, NY, No damage. N31831 landed on runway 33L. Aircraft left the runway and entered the grass area on the left side of the runway. Airport rescue responded and reported no…

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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