# Incident 19980325008659I: Piper PA28180, Valparaiso, IN, March 25, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 25, 1998, 17:10 local time
- Place: Valparaiso, IN
- Airport: Porter County Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4540° N, 87.0071° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORTER COUNTY RGNL (VPZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4540&lon=-87.0071&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15945, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N15945) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 365 total, 286 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980325008659I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT STATED THAT MS. LEVY WAS ATTEMPTING CROSS WIND MANEUVERS, APPROACHES, AND LANDINGS AT VPZ. DURING ONE OF THE LANDING ATTEMPTS, SHE WAS FORCED DOWN AND OFF RUNWAY CENTER LINE BY A STRONG GUST OF WIND STRIKING A RUNWAY LIGHT. SHE THOUGHT THE WIND GUST WAS A WIND SHEAR. SHE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND PROCEEDED TO AN AIRPORT THAT HAD AN ACTIVE TOWER FOR A FLY OVER INSPECTION OF THE LANDING GEAR. SHE LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT AT SBN. AN INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED A DENT TO THE NOSE WHEEL TORQUE LINK AND LEFT FLAP. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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