# Accident 20020904027799A: Piper PA28161, Graham, TX, September 4, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 2002, 14:00 local time
- Place: Graham, TX
- Airport: Graham Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1117° N, 98.5542° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1117&lon=-98.5542&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9855S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9855S) (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
- Pilot certificates: Student
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW02CA249](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02CA249) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020904027799A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 4, 2002, AT 1400 A PIPER PA-28-161, N9855S, REGISTERED TO U.S. FLIGHT ACADEMY, LLC., 2020 SKYLANE, DENTON, TEXAS, SKIDDED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY FOLLOWING AN OVERSHOT LANDING, ON A SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS NOT INJURED. THE PILOT HOLDS A STUDENT PILOT CERTIFICATE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT DENTON, TEXAS ON SEPTEMBER 4, 2002 AT APPROXIMATELY 1200 CDT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW02CA249](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02CA249), Sep 4, 2002: Piper PA-28-161 (N9855S), Graham, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to attain the proper touchdown point which resulted in a runway overrun.

## Other reports on N9855S (3)

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

- [Accident 20230817008199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230817008199A), Aug 17, 2023: Piper PA-28-161 (N9855S), Fort Pierce, FL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. While conducting a part 141 checkout training flight in a training area 10 miles southwest of the airport, the aircraft broke apart losing both its wings and…
- [Incident 20170318003179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170318003179I), Mar 18, 2017: Piper PA-28-161 (N9855S), Fort Pierce, FL, Minor damage. Birdstrike on departure from fpr & returned to fpr and landed without incident.
- [Incident 20120617012419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120617012419I), Jun 17, 2012: Piper PA-28-161 (N9855S), Key Largo, FL, No damage. [privacy data omitted] - Pilot of aircraft N9855S on June 17, 2012. Aircraft N9855S incident #ISO192012053 investigation. In regards to the June 17, 2012…

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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