# Incident 19990531034809I: Piper PA28140, Petaluma, CA, May 31, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 1999, 14:30 local time
- Place: Petaluma, CA
- Airport: Petaluma Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2578° N, 122.6053° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PETALUMA MUNI (O69), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2578&lon=-122.6053&mi=10
- Aircraft: N98193, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N98193-2008-10-09) (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: 80 total, 76 in this make and model, 59 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990531034809I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD WITH SIDE WINDS. PILOT LOST CONTROL AFTER TOUCHDOWN, HE WAS ABLE TO SLOW THE AIRCRAFT DOWN UNTIL HE VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY, 90 DEGREES TO THE LEFT.  WHEN THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR SHEARED OFF.  THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE COWLING, RIGHT WING TIP.  THE PROPELLER SHOWED PROP STRIKE DAMAGE.  NO INJURIES TO THE SOLE OCCUPANT.

## Other reports on N98193 (1)

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

- [Accident 19850728034519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850728034519A), Jul 28, 1985: Piper PA28140 (N98193), Minden, NE, Substantial damage. Turned to avoid telegraph wires after liftoff from sod field and stalled into ground. Density altitude a factor.

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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