# Incident 20010408011379I: Piper PA28180, Wichita Falls, TX, April 8, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 8, 2001, 15:00 local time
- Place: Wichita Falls, TX
- Airport: Kickapoo Downtown Airpark Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9137° N, 98.4934° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wichita Falls, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9137&lon=-98.4934&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8345W (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 42 total, 42 in this make and model, 42 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010408011379I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON APRIL 8, 2001, AT 1500 CDT, A PIPER PA-28-180, AIRCRAFT, N8345W, OWNED BY SHEPPARD AIR, INC., 4000 ARMSTRONG DRIVE, SUITE 11, WICHITA FALLS, TX 76305, WAS OPERATED BY A STUDENT PILOT, WHO LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT WHILE PERFORMING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS ON A TRAINING FLIGHT. THE WEATHER WAS VFR, WINDS WERE 17 KNOTS, GUSTING TO 23 KNOTS FROM 190 DEGREES.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.  THE PILOT, WHO HOLDS A STUDENT PILOT CERTIFICATE, WAS NOT INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT SHEPPARD AFB, WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS.

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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