# Incident 19990316021109I: Piper PA60602P, Rapid City, SD, March 16, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 1999, 15:30 local time
- Place: Rapid City, SD
- Airport: Rapid City Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0453° N, 103.0574° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RAPID CITY RGNL (RAP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0453&lon=-103.0574&mi=10
- Aircraft: N555PX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N555PX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-60-602P (registry code 7106015, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-60-602p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA60602P
- Reported engine: LYC IO540AA1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,333 total, 1,437 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990316021109I

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 16, 1999, AT APPROX. 3:30PM MDT A PIPER MODEL PA-60-602P, N555PX, OPERATED BY PRIVATE PILOT BRUCE CHARLES HANSON, ENCOUNTERED A CROSSWIND JUST AFTER TAKE OFF ON RUNWAY 32 AT THE RAPID CITY, SD, AIRPORT (RAP). THE PILOT STATED THAT AFTER ROTATION THE WIND BLEW THE ACFT NORTH OF THE RUNWAY.  HE COULD NOT RETURN TO RUNWAY 32 WITH FULL RUDDER DEFLECTION.  THE ACFT WAS SETTLING, SO HE MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE TO RUNWAY 32 OF THE RAPID CITY, SD AIRPORT (RAP).  NO INJURIES WERE RECEIVED BY THE PILOT OR THE ONE PASSENGER.  THE ACFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.  THE ACFT WAS ON A BUSINESS FLIGHT FROM GLENWOOD, MN (GHW) TO RAPID CITY, SD (RAP) AND EN ROUTE BACK TO GLENWOOD, MN, UNDER CFR PART 91 WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED.  THE FLIGHT DEPARTED RAPID CITY, SD (RAP), MARCH 16, 1999, AT APPROX. 03:30 PM MDT EN ROUTE TO GLENWOOD, MN (GHW).  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.

## Other reports on N555PX (1)

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

- [Incident 19991014035259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991014035259I), Oct 14, 1999: Piper PA60602P (N555PX), Lancaster, PA. (-23) Weather conditions were not a factor. Visibility was excellent. Even though passenger service aircraft responded to TCAS alerts and altered flight path…

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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