# Incident 19980404010909I: Piper PA28180, Wooster, OH, April 4, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 4, 1998, 11:00 local time
- Place: Wooster, OH
- Airport: Wayne County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8748° N, 81.8883° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WAYNE COUNTY (BJJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8748&lon=-81.8883&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5203L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5203L) (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 O360A3A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,155 total, 234 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980404010909I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: WINDS OUT OF NORTH 12-15-G 20 WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 28 AT WAYNE COUNTY AIRPORT (BJJ), WOOSTER, OHIO THE AIRPLANE WAS CAUGHT IN GUSTY CROSSWINDS AT TOUCHDOWN. AS WE PASSED THE RIDGE THAT RAN PARALLEL TO RUNWAY 28, THE OPEN FIELD PART OF THE RUNWAY BECAME TURBULENT WITH STRONG AND GUSTY CROSSWINDS. THE AIRPLANE WAS TURNED TO THE LEFT AND CROSS THE TAXIWAY AND CAME TO A STOP IN THE OPEN FIELD.

## Other reports on N5203L (1)

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

- [Incident 19820717041869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820717041869I), Jul 17, 1982: Piper PA28180 (N5203L), Wheeling, WV. Power loss and vibration. Landed in a field. Exhaust valve failure in #2 cylinder.

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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