# Incident 20010902022439I: Piper PA28161, Johnstown, PA, September 2, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 2001, 18:55 local time
- Place: Johnstown, PA
- Airport: Johnstown-Cambria County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3261° N, 78.9191° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Johnstown, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3261&lon=-78.9191&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30012, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N30012) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 48 total, 48 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010902022439I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE STUDENT PILOT WAS ON HIS FIFTH SOLO FLIGHT AND WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 23 AT CAMBRIA COUNTY AIRPORT AT JOHNSTOWN PA. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED TO THE LEFT OF CENTER LINE AND VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT STRIKING A RUNWAY LIGHT AND RUNWAY IDENTIFICATION SIGN. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED AND CAME T O REST APPROXIMATELY 85 DEGREES TO THE LEFT OF RUNWAY HEADING. THE STUDENT PILOT STATED: [HE] "LANDED THE PA-28 WARRIOR, N30012, AT JOHNSTOWN CAMBRIA COUNTY AIRPORT ON RUNWAY 23 AT 6:55 PM SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 2, 2001. HE LANDED 3-4'FEET LEFT OF THE CENTERLINE. THE PLANE FLOATED LEFT ALLOWING THE LEFT WHEEL TO EXIT INTO THE GRASS, WHERE THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A RUNWAY LIGHT AND RUNWAY IDENTIFICATION SIGN. AFTER STRIKING THESE TWO OBJECTS THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED AT APPROXIMATELY 45 DEGREE ANGLE TO RUNWAY 23. THE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF EXAMINED AIRCRAFT, STARTED THE ENGINE AND TAXIED TO HANGER." BOTHTHE STUDENT PILOT MR. GAHAGEN, AND HIS CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR MR. BYRON CUSTER WERE INFORMED THAT MR. GAHAGEN MUST RECEIVE ADDITIONAL DUAL INSTRUCTION AND A SECOND SOLO ENDORSEMENT PRIOR TO ANY SOLO FLYING. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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