# Incident 19940206004459I: Piper PA28150, Ainsworth, NE, February 6, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 6, 1994, 15:10 local time
- Place: Ainsworth, NE
- Airport: Ainsworth Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5792° N, 99.9930° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AINSWORTH RGNL (ANW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5792&lon=-99.9930&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5246W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5246W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-150 (registry code 7102804, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28150
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,250 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940206004459I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT DEPARTED MILLARD AIRPORT (MLE), OMAHA, NE, TO CHADRON (CDR), NE, ON A DAY VFR FLIGHT. APPROXIMATELY 30-40 MILES EAST OF AINSWORTH (ANW), NE THE PILOT ENCOUNTERED LOWERING CEILINGS AND DIVERTED TO ANW MAINTAINING VMC FLIGHT CONDITIONS. THE PILOT STATED HE ENCOUNTERED A RIGHT QUARTERING HEADWIND ON FINAL AND AFTER TOUCHDOWN GROUND LOOPED TO THE RIGHT CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE WHEEL STRUT AND SCRAPING THE LEFT WINGTIP. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

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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