# Incident 19960720024229I: Piper PA28180, South Woodstock, CT, July 20, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 1996, 11:30 local time
- Place: South Woodstock, CT
- Airport: Woodstock Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9215° N, 71.9529° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WOODSTOCK (64CT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9215&lon=-71.9529&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7945N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7945N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960720024229I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT SAID DURING LANDING JUST BEFORE TOUCHDOWN A GUST OF WIND BLEW THE AIRCRAFT UP AND OFF TO THE RIGHT. GOT BACK TO THE RUNWAY, TOUCHED DOWN, HE REALIZED HE WAS BEYOND GO-AROUND, THE AIRCRAFT WENT OFF THE END AND THE NOSEWHEEL STRUT AND WHEEL PANT WERE DAMAGED BY A SMALL DRAINAGE DITCH. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N7945N (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20011019029569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011019029569I), Oct 19, 2001: Piper PA28180 (N7945N), South Woodstock, CT, Minor damage. (-23) On 10/19/01 @ 1245 EST while landing at Woodstock CT the pilot misjudged the winds and landed down wind and was unable to stop on the runway. The pilot…

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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