# Incident 20030402004419I: Piper PA24180, Athens, GA, April 2, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 2, 2003, 18:06 local time
- Place: Athens, GA
- Airport: Athens/Ben Epps Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9486° N, 83.3259° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ATHENS/BEN EPPS (AHN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9486&lon=-83.3259&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7938P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7938P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-180 (registry code 7102403, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-180) (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 PA24180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030402004419I

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT TRAINING IN PROGRESS THIS FLIGHT. THE FLIGHT WAS TO BE TERMINATED WITH THE STUDENT PILOT CONDUCTING A CROSS WIND LANDING ON RWY 27 AT THE ATHENS AIRPORT. TOUCHDOWN WAS MADE ON THE UPWIND MAIN LANDING GEAR, THE RIGHT MAIN WITH A HIGH VERTICAL AND SIDE LOAD VOLICITY. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED BACK INTO THE AIR WHEREUPON THE PILOT EXECUTED A GO AROUND. THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR SUFFERED STRUCTURE FAILURE AS WOULD NOT EXTEND FULLY FOR THE SUBSEQUENT LANDING. THE PILOT HAD CONFIRMED THE UNSAFE GEAR CONDITION WITH THE AHN TOWER. THE APPROACH AND LANDING TO RWY 27 WAS THEN MADE BY THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR. ON TOUCH DOWN, THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR WENT TO THE RETRACT POSITION AND MINOR DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED TO THE RIGHT WING TIP AND RIGHT STABILATOR.

## Other reports on N7938P (1)

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

- [Incident 20100306029439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100306029439I), Mar 6, 2010: Piper PA-24-180 (N7938P), Sterling, PA, Minor damage. Pilot landed at 70N and did not realize that snow had drifted on the FAR end of the runway, narrowing the runway. The wing struck the snow causing the aircraft…

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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