# Incident 19960422011719I: Piper PA28161, Cedar Key, FL, April 22, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 22, 1996, 16:00 local time
- Place: Cedar Key, FL
- Airport: George T. Lewis Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.1342° N, 83.0506° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GEORGE T LEWIS (CDK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1342&lon=-83.0506&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8429B (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 50 total, 3 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960422011719I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: GERMAN NATIONAL WITH A ONE WEEK OLD PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE AND 3.2 HOURS IN A PA-28 ATTEMPTED A CROSS WIND LANDING AT CEDAR KEY, FL IN APPROXIMATELY A 10 K RIGHT CROSS WIND AT 55 DEGREES. AIRCRAFT DRIFTED LEFT AT TOUCHDOWN AND PILOT ATTEMPTED TO GO AROUND. AIRCRAFT CONTACTED TOP OF 8 FOOT PALMETTO TREE ON LEFT EDGE OF RUNWAY SUSTAINING MINOR DAMAGE TO LEADING EDGE OF WING. PILOT RETURNED AND LANDED SAFELY ON RUNWAY 23. PILOT RECEIVED FURTHER TRAINING FROM CHIEF FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ON CROSSWIND LANDINGS IN A PA-28. NO FURTHER ACTION. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

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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