# Incident 19940318000809I: Piper PA28161, Pawtucket, RI, March 18, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 18, 1994, 09:40 local time
- Place: Pawtucket, RI
- Airport: North Central State
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9207° N, 71.4914° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORTH CENTRAL STATE (SFZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9207&lon=-71.4914&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2217K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2217K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 680 total, 50 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940318000809I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE INSTRUCTOR AND PRE-SOLO STUDENT PILOT DEPARTED T.F. GREEN AIRPORT (PVD) AT APPROXIMATELY 9:15 AM FOR TAKEOFF AND LANDING PRACTICE AT NORTH CENTRAL STATE AIRPORT. ON 5TH APPROACH, STUDENT UNDER-CORRECTED FOR A 50 DEGREE LEFT CROSSWIND OF APPROXIMATELY 15 KNOTS. INSTRUCTOR TWICE TOLD THE STUDENT DURING TOUCHDOWN TO APPLY MORE CORRECTION, THEN TOLD HIM THAT HE (THE INSTRUCTOR) HAD THE AIRPLANE AND APPLIED MORE RIGHT RUDDER AND FULL POWER, AND AGAIN TOLD THE STUDENT "I HAVE THE AIRPLANE." APPARENTLY, BETWEEN THE STUDENT AND THE INSTRUCTOR, TOO MUCH RIGHT RUDDER WAS APPLIED BECAUSE THE AIRPLANE NOW WAS HEADED TOWARD THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE FLAPS WERE RETRACTED TO 10 DEGREES AND A CLIMB ATTEMPTED. THE AIRPLANE STRUCK SOME RED LONG STICKS THEN HIT A VASI LIGHT. INSTRUCTOR CLOSED THE THROTTLE AND ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 5. AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED. THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR FRACTURED AND THE RIGHT FUEL TANK RUPTURED. MINOR DAMAGE TO FLAPS AND LEADING EDGE OF STABILATOR. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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