# Incident 20020504011869I: Piper PA28180, Wausau, WI, May 4, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 2002, 08:25 local time
- Place: Wausau, WI
- Airport: Wausau Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9618° N, 89.6465° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wausau, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9618&lon=-89.6465&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8998J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8998J) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 39 total, 39 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020504011869I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 4, 2002 AT 0825 CDT, AT WAUSAU, WI, A PIPER PA-28, N8998J, OPERATED BY STUDENT PILOT, TIMOTHY W. TORKELSON, WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 22. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED HARD, LANDED ON RIGHT SIDE GEAR, AND SKIDDED OFF THE RUNWAY, DAMAGING THE RIGHT WING TIP AND NOSE GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WAS MINOR AND THE STUDENT PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT WAS NOT ON A FLIGHT PLAN.

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