# Incident 20000115001039I: Piper PA28161, Wellsville, NY, January 15, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 15, 2000, 20:50 local time
- Place: Wellsville, NY
- Airport: Wellsville Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1207° N, 77.9457° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wellsville, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1207&lon=-77.9457&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47701, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N47701-2016-08-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 150 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000115001039I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 2000, AT 2050 EST, A PIPER PA-28, N47701, OPERATED BY SCOTT A. KETTELKAMP, LEFT THE RUNWAY AND WENT INTO A DRAINAGE DITCH WHEN THE PILOT LOST CONTROL WHILE ACCOMPLISHING A LANDING INTO A STRONG CROSSWIND AT THE WELLSVILLE, NEW YORK AIRPORT (ELZ).  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND NO PERSON WAS INJURED.  THE PILOT HELD A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE.  THIS 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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