# Incident 20000207000399I: Piper PA28140, New Castle, PA, February 7, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 7, 2000, 12:05 local time
- Place: New Castle, PA
- Airport: New Castle Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0253° N, 80.4134° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEW CASTLE MUNI (UCP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0253&lon=-80.4134&mi=10
- Aircraft: N98176, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N98176) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 540 total, 200 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/20000207000399I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE INSTRUCTION FLIGHT DEPARTED RUNWAY 23 AT ABOUT NOON TO PRACTICE CROSSWIND LANDINGS WITH EXISTING WINDS AT 7-10 KNOTS FROM ABOUT 300 DEGREES.  THE STUDENT PILOT WHO WAS OPERATING THE CONTROLS ALLOWED THE AIRPLANE TO DRIFT TO THE RUNWAY'S LEFT FLANK DURING THE LANDING FLARE, AND CORRECTION WAS APPLIED TO COMPENSATE FOR THE DRIFT.  THE INSTRUCTOR NOTICED THAT THE AIRSPEED WAS LOW AND THAT INSUFFICIENT CORRECTION ALLOWED THE LEFTWARD DRIFT TO CONTINUE.  POWER WAS THEN APPLIED TO ABORT THE LANDING BUT THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED IINTO THE SNOW BORDERING THE ENTIRE RUNWAY.  THERE WAS PROPELLER AND NOSE GEAR DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE BUT NO INJURIES TO THE PILOTS.

## Other reports on N98176 (1)

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

- [Incident 19990217013959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990217013959I), Feb 17, 1999: Piper PA28140 (N98176), Beaver Falls, PA. (-5)Student pilot lost control of aircraft on landing and ran off side of the runway. Aircraft was not damaged and student pilot was not injured.

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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