# Incident 20030312005989I: Piper PA28161, Marlette, MI, March 12, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 12, 2003
- Place: Marlette, MI
- Airport: Marlette Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.3264° N, 83.0805° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Marlette, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.3264&lon=-83.0805&mi=10
- Aircraft: N25552, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N25552) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O320D3G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 79 total, 11 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030312005989I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER DISCUSSING THE WEATHER AND THE INTENDED FLIGHT WITH THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, THE STUDENT PILOT DEPARTED LAPEER AND FLEW TO MARLETTE. HE CIRCLED THE MARLETTE AIRPORT TO ASCERTAIN THE WIND STRENGTH AND DIRECTION AND DECIDED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 27. THE WIND WAS BLOWING DIRECTLY DOWN THE RUNWAY. NORMAL APPROACH BUT THE PILOT ENCOUNTERED WIND GUSTS DURING THE FLARE THAT BLEW HIM TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY. HE INITIATED A GO-AROUND, DRIFTED FURTHER TO THE RIGHT AND STRUCK THE RIGHT MAIN TIRE ON A SNOWBANK.

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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