# Incident 20020406008759I: Piper PA28140, Grand Island, NE, April 6, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 6, 2002, 10:25 local time
- Place: Grand Island, NE
- Airport: Central Nebraska Regional
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9675° N, 98.3096° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CENTRAL NEBRASKA RGNL (GRI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9675&lon=-98.3096&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5533F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5533F) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 46 total, 10 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020406008759I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE STUDENT PILOT WAS TWENTY FEET IN THE AIR DURING TAKEOFF WHEN A GUST OF WIND BALLOONED THE AIRCRAFT INTO THE AIR. THE PILOT STATED THAT HIS AIRSPEED DROPPED CONSIDERABLY AND IN FEAR OF STALLING THE AIRCRAFT, HE SET THE AIRCRAFT BACK ON THE RUNWAY. ON SETTING THE AIRCRAFT BACK ON THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT WENT OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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