# Incident 19970810028489I: Piper PA28161, Cedar Key, FL, August 10, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 1997, 12:20 local time
- Place: Cedar Key, FL
- Airport: George T. Lewis Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- 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: N82783, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N82783) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 953 total, 150 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/19970810028489I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT INDICATED THAT ON SHORT FINAL PRIOR TO LANDING, HE ENCOUNTERED A DOWN DRAFT CAUSING HIM TO LAND ON ROUGH TURF SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. THE NOSE GEAR, ENGINE MOUNT, LOWER COWLING AND PROPELLER WAS DAMAGED.

## Other reports on N82783 (1)

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

- [Incident 20180507004919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180507004919I), May 7, 2018: Piper PA-28-161 (N82783), Gainesville, FL, Minor damage. "Gainesville, FL (gnv): N82783, PA28, landed without incident after reporting a bird strike at departure end runway 07 during touch and goes. Damage: not…

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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