# Incident 20010608015819I: Piper PA28140, Muscle Shoals, AL, June 8, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 2001, 15:30 local time
- Place: Muscle Shoals, AL
- Airport: Muscle Shoals Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7427° N, 87.6338° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Muscle Shoals, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7427&lon=-87.6338&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6588W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6588W) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 35 total, 35 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010608015819I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 8, 2001 THERE WAS AN INCIDENT INVOLVING N6588W A PA-28-140 AT THE MUSCLE SHOALS AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 1530. THE STUDENT PILOT MR. CHRISTINE MARSCH-ALBERT REPORTED THAT SHE WAS PRACTICING SOLO TOUCH AND GOS ON RUNWAY 36. ON THE FIFTH TOUCH AND GO N6588W DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS.  THE AIRCRAFT HAD MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING TIP AND THE PROP BLADE TIPS WERE BENT.  SHE WAS ABLE TO TAXI THE AIRCRAFT TO THE EAST RAMP AND TIE IT DOWN. THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED AND THE STUDENT PILOT AGREED TO ADDITIONAL TRAINING WITH THE CFI.

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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