# Incident 20010123001539I: Piper PA28160, Sauk Centre, MN, January 23, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 23, 2001, 08:45 local time
- Place: Sauk Centre, MN
- Airport: Sauk Centre Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.7066° N, 94.9332° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAUK CENTRE MUNI (D39), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7066&lon=-94.9332&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5904W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5904W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-160 (registry code 7102806, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28160
- Reported engine: LYC O320D2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 312 total, 310 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010123001539I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 1-23-2001 AT SAUL CENTRE, MN (D39) N5904W, PIPER PA-28-160, PILOTED BY OWNER/PRIVATE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA^WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RWY 32. PILOT IS PROPERLY CERTIFIED AND CURRENT. VMC CONDITIONS PREVAILED. A/C TOUCHED DOWN 200 FEET SHORT OF THE RWY. THRESHOLD ON CENTER. AT 100 FEET FROM THE THRESHOLD ON THE CENTER LINE IT RAN UP ON A SNOW BANK. APPROX. 18 INCHES IN HEIGHT. THE A/C CLEARED THE SNOW BANK AND STOPPED NEAR THE RIGHT MOST THRESHOLD LIGHT OF THE RUNWAY. RESULT OF THE CONTACT WITH THE SNOW BANK THE NOSE LANDING GEAR STRUT BARREL SEPARATED AND THE PROPELLER BLADES WERE BENT TO THE REAR. NO FIRE, NO INJURIES. THE ELT ACTIVATED.

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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