# Incident 19951218044879I: Piper PA28161, West Chester, PA, December 18, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 1995, 17:10 local time
- Place: West Chester, PA
- Airport: Brandywine Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: TA9A
- Location: 39.9901° N, 75.5819° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BRANDYWINE RGNL (OQN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9901&lon=-75.5819&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8363E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8363E) (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: 480 total, 50 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951218044879I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: STUDENT PILOT BOUNCED AND BALLOONED ON THE 6TH NIGHT LANDING AND REQUESTED TO DO ONE MORE. ON THE 7TH LANDING THE STUDENT BOUNCED AGAIN AND BALLOONED. THE STUDENT PILOT SUDDENLY LET GO OF THE CONTROL YOKE. INSTRUCTOR CHAD VISCHER GRABBED THE CONTROLS AND ATTEMPTED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT HAD DRIFTED TO THE RIGHT IN THE BOUNCE AND AS IT TOUCHED DOWN THE RIGHT MAIN CONTACTED SNOW ON THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS PULLED INTO THE SNOW AND SLOWLY NOSED OVER AND CAME TO REST INVERTED IN THE SNOW BESIDE RUNWAY 27. THE LEFT MAIN GEAR REMAINED ON THE RUNWAY UNTIL THE NOSE-OVER. THE 50' WIDE RUNWAY HAD BEEN PLOWED LEAVING APP. 35 FEET OF USEABLE RUNWAY BETWEEN THE SNOW BANKS.

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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