# Incident 19970101001439I: Piper PA28180, Bridgeport, CT, January 1, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 1, 1997, 14:45 local time
- Place: Bridgeport, CT
- Airport: Igor I Sikorsky Memorial
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1635° N, 73.1262° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Igor I Sikorsky Memorial Airport (BDR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1635&lon=-73.1262&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5315L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5315L) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 56 total, 40 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970101001439I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. EXITED RUNWAY. HIT TAXIWAY SIGN.

## Other reports on N5315L (2)

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

- [Incident 19951022043159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951022043159I), Oct 22, 1995: Piper PA28180 (N5315L), Caldwell, NJ. Narrative: airman had engine run rough. Asked ATC to land at nearest airport. Landed at Caldwell airport without incident. Pilot made full power run up check.…
- [Accident 19750622033419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750622033419A), Jun 22, 1975: Piper PA28180 (N5315L), Farmingdale, NY, Substantial damage. Student turned off rwy with excessive speed.

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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