# Incident 20011019029569I: Piper PA28180, South Woodstock, CT, October 19, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 19, 2001, 13:40 local time
- Place: South Woodstock, CT
- Airport: Woodstock Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9215° N, 71.9529° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WOODSTOCK (64CT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9215&lon=-71.9529&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7945N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7945N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,300 total, 2,200 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011019029569I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 10/19/01 @ 1245 EST WHILE LANDING AT WOODSTOCK CT THE PILOT MISJUDGED THE WINDS AND LANDED DOWN WIND AND WAS UNABLE TO STOP ON THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT STATED IN A WRITTEN STATEMENT (ATTACHED) THAT HE LISTENED TO WORCHESTER ATIS FOR WINDS WHICH HE INTERPRETED AS CROSSWINDS AT WOODSTOCK AIRPORT. THE PILOT SAID HE PREFERS TO LAND ON RUNWAY 01 WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE DO WN WIND AND THAT HE DOES GO AROUND FROM TIME TO TIME AND THOUGHT THAT THIS TIME HE WOULD BE ABLE TO STOP IN TIME. REALIZING THAT HE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO STOP IN TIME HE ATTEMPTED TO GROUND LOOP THE AIRCRAFT AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY IN THE GRASS AND ENDED UP ON THE SIDE OF A SMALL HILL FACING DOWN HILL. THE NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED AND ONE PROPELLER BLADE WAS BENT. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

## Other reports on N7945N (1)

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

- [Incident 19960720024229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960720024229I), Jul 20, 1996: Piper PA28180 (N7945N), South Woodstock, CT, Minor damage. Narrative: the pilot said during landing just before touchdown a gust of wind blew the aircraft up and off to the right. Got back to the runway, touched down,…

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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