# Incident 19970807034119I: Piper PA28181, Lakeville, MN, August 7, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 1997, 23:00 local time
- Place: Lakeville, MN
- Airport: Airlake Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.6279° N, 93.2281° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AIRLAKE (LVN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.6279&lon=-93.2281&mi=10
- Aircraft: N181TK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N181TK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (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 PA28181
- Reported engine: LYC O360A3D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 518 total, 40 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970807034119I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: LANDED TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. CORRECTED ONTO RUNWAY IN SHORT TIME. HIT 2 RUNWAY LIGHTS. DENTED LEFT FLAP. PILOT STATED HE USUALLY USES CUSHION ON SEAT OF WHICH HE DID NOT USE ON THIS FLIGHT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N181TK (1)

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

- [Incident 19860129017369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860129017369I), Jan 29, 1986: Piper PA28181 (N181TK), Freeport, IL, Minor damage. Lost control during crosswind landing. Wingtip struck ground and aircraft ran off side of the runway into snowbank.

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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