# Incident 20020509014499I: Piper PA28140, Lakeland, FL, May 9, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 2002, 13:14 local time
- Place: Lakeland, FL
- Airport: Lakeland Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.0395° N, 81.9498° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lakeland, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0395&lon=-81.9498&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6689W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6689W) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 50 total, 8 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020509014499I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON LANDING THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT INTO THE GRASS, AND WHILE MANEUVERING BACK ONTO THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING TIP, THE PROPELLER AND THE NOSE GEAR. THE PILOT STATED THAT ON APPROACH TO LAND, HE HAD THE AIRCRAFT "CRABBED" INTO THE WIND AND FAILED TO REMOVE THAT CORRECTION PRIOR TO TOUCH DOWN. THE PILOT WAS ON HIS FIRST SUPERVISED SOLO IN THIS MAKE AND MODEL AIRCRAFT. THE INCIDENT HAPPENED ON HIS THIRD LANDING.

## Other reports on N6689W (2)

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

- [Incident 19920821032749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920821032749I), Aug 21, 1992: Piper PA28140 (N6689W), Ashtabula, OH, Minor damage. Student pilot lost directional control on rollout. Skidded right and departed runway.
- [Incident 19831021068019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831021068019I), Oct 21, 1983: Piper PA28140 (N6689W), Wadsworth, OH, Minor damage. Instructor allowed student to make a severe hard landing. The impact ripped off the main landing gears.

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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