# Incident 20010721026009I: Piper PA23160, Searanch, CA, July 21, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 2001, 11:57 local time
- Place: Searanch, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7253° N, 123.4583° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sea Ranch, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7253&lon=-123.4583&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4330P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4330P-2013-06-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-160 (registry code 7102304, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23160
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,004 total, 221 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010721026009I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DEPARTING SUNRIVER OREGON, ENROUTE TO SEA RANCH, CA. MR. BROWNING (PIC) APPROACHED RUNWAY 30. PIC STATED THAT UPON CROSSING THE THRESHOLD AREA THE WIND CHANGED DIRECTIONS AND CAUSED INCREASED LIFT TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE PIC STATED THAT HE WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND TOUCHED-DOWN APPROXIMATELY 300 TO 400 FEET PAST THE THRESHOLD. AS THE AIRCRAFT NEARED THE END OF THE RUNWAY THE DECISION TO STAY ON THE GROUND WAS TAKEN. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE END OF THE PAVED SECTION AND PROCEEDED ONTO THE GRASSFIELD.

## Other reports on N4330P (1)

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

- [Incident 20030413007619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030413007619I), Apr 13, 2003: Piper PA23160 (N4330P), Eaton Rapids, MI, Minor damage. (-23) VFR landed at the Skyway Estates Airport, Eaton Rapids, MI on runway 26, gear-up. Aircraft damage minor. No reported injuries.

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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