# Incident 19961030042159I: Piper PA22160, Rock Springs, WY, October 30, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 30, 1996, 15:30 local time
- Place: Rock Springs, WY
- Airport: Rock Springs Sweetwater Count
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5947° N, 109.2209° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rock Springs, WY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5947&lon=-109.2209&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8933D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8933D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-160 (registry code 7102214, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22160
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 8 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961030042159I

## Narrative

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

HIT SLICK SPOT ON TOUCH AND GO. SLID INTO SNOWBANK AND GROUND LOOPED.

## Other reports on N8933D (1)

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

- [Accident 19980702017069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980702017069A), Jul 2, 1998: Piper PA22160 (N8933D), Kemmerer, WY, Substantial damage. Acft lost control then ground looped on landing, acft sustained substantial damage, Kemmerer, WY. (.4)the pilot said he 'let the airplane get ahead' of him. He…

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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