# Incident 20000920023659I: Piper PA28R180, Wilkes Barre Sc, PA, September 20, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 2000, 15:46 local time
- Place: Wilkes Barre Sc, PA
- Airport: Wilkes-Barre Scranton International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3385° N, 75.7234° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON INTL (AVP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3385&lon=-75.7234&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3720T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3720T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-180 (registry code 7102809, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R180
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 230 total, 123 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000920023659I

## Narrative

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

(-23)PILOT WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 22 AT THE WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT(AVP). THERE WAS A CROSSWIND OUT OF THE NORTH.  PILOT FAILED TO KEEP THE AIRCRAFT PARALLEL WITH THE RUNWAY AND LANDED WITH A RIGHT WIND CORRECTION, NOT PARALLEL WITH THE RUNWAY.  THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO EXIT THE RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT.  THE FRONT NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED WHEN IT HIT THE GRASSY AREA NEXT TO THE RUNWAY.  DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE PROP, RIGHT MAIN GEAR, NOSE WHEEL, AND SUDDEN STOPPAGE TO THE ENGINE.

## Other reports on N3720T (1)

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

- [Incident 20010128002849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010128002849I), Jan 28, 2001: Piper PA28R180 (N3720T), Hazleton, PA, No damage. (-23) Pilot was landing at the hazelton airport (hzl) hazelton, PA. On runway 28. There was a crosswind from the right, the pilot on touching down did not keep…

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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