# Incident 19980802036299I: Piper PA28160, Williamson, NY, August 2, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 1998, 17:10 local time
- Place: Williamson, NY
- Airport: Williamson-Sodus Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.2346° N, 77.1195° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILLIAMSON/SODUS (SDC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.2346&lon=-77.1195&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5221W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5221W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-160 (registry code 7102806, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28160
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,820 total, 600 in this make and model, 53 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980802036299I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 2, 1998, A PIPER CHEROKEE, PA-28-160, N5221W, OWNED AND OPERATED BY MR. GERALD N. MASUCCI, LANDED AT WILLIAMSON-SODUS AIRPORT ON RUNWAY 28.  HE THEN LOST CONTROL OF HIS AIRCRAFT IN AN 8 TO 10 KNOT CROSSWIND RESULTING IN THE AIRCRAFT'S DEPARTURE FROM THE RUNWAY AND INTO A DITCH.  THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO PERSONNEL WERE INJURED.  THE INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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