# Incident 19980409008159I: Piper PA28140, Altus, OK, April 9, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 1998, 16:15 local time
- Place: Altus, OK
- Airport: Altus Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6571° N, 99.3090° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Altus, OK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6571&lon=-99.3090&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5679U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5679U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 64 total, 28 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980409008159I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON APRIL 9, 1998 APPROXIMATELY 16:15 THE STUDENT PILOT OF PIPER, PA-38-140, N5679U, WAS PRACTICING LANDING AND TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 35 AT THE ALTUS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. AFTER ONE SUCCESSFUL TOUCH AND GO, THE PILOT SAID THE WIND CONDITIONS WERE BUMPY ON THE SECOND APPROACH. DURING THE APPROACH, A SUDDEN GUST CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO SINK UNEXPECTEDLY WHICH CAUSED THE PLANE TO BOUNCE OFF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT SAID HE APPLIED POWER TO ATTEMPT TO GO AROUND, BUT THE AIRCRAFT WAS OUT OF HIS CONTROL AND IT BOUNCED OFF THE RUNWAY FOUR OR FIVE TIMES. AFTER THE LAST BOUNCE, IT CAME DOWN ON THE NOSE GEAR AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY AND THE LEFT WING TIP DRAGGED ON THE PAVEMENT. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY ONTO THE GRASSY AREA BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND TAXI WAY AND STOPPED. THE ENGINE MOUNT/NOSE GEAR SUPPORT WAS BENT, THE PROPELLER BLADES WERE BENT, THE LEFT WING TIP WAS DAMAGED, THE FIREWALL WAS BENT, AND THE SKIN AFT OF THE FIREWALL WAS PUNCTURED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS THE ONLY OCCUPANT OF THE AIRPLANE IN THIS INCIDENT.

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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