# Incident 19951220046639I: Piper PA28140, San Diego, CA, December 20, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 1995, 11:46 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: Montgomery Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7153° N, 117.1573° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Diego, CA, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7153&lon=-117.1573&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4684R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4684R-2013-04-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 17 total, 17 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951220046639I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON DECEMBER 20, 1995, MS. MARTHA BRYSON, STUDENT PILOT CERTIFICATE #EE0937584, WAS ON HER FIRST SUPERVISED SOLO IN N4684R, A PIPER CHEROKEE, WHEN SHE STRUCK THE WING TIP WHILE LANDING. HER FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, MR. EDWARD SAMMONS, WAS IN THE TOWER OBSERVING AT THE TIME. MR. SAMMONS SAID IT APPEARED THAT SHE CAUGHT A WIND THAT CAUSED HER WING TO DIP JUST BEFORE SHE LANDED AND SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO CORRECT FOR THE WIND BEFORE THE WING TIP STRUCK THE RUNWAY. DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE WAS MINIMAL. THIS DOES NOT INVOLVE A NMAC. THIS INCIDENT DOES NOT INVOLVE A PILOT DEVIATION. THE STUDENT PILOT AND THE CFI WERE COUNSELED.

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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