# Incident 20030418014969I: Piper PA28161, St Augustine, FL, April 18, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 18, 2003, 09:01 local time
- Place: St Augustine, FL
- Airport: St Augustine
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.9593° N, 81.3397° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ST AUGUSTINE (SGJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9593&lon=-81.3397&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8258A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8258A-2013-04-09) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,997 total, 1,039 in this make and model, 210 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030418014969I

## Narrative

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

(-23) FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR'S STATEMENT: THE AIRCRAFT INVOLVED IN THE "EVENT" ON APRIL 18TH 2003, N8258A, BEGAN AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT ABOUT 1220Z THAT DAY. ONBOARD WERE A STUDENT PILOT (THOMAS EGLI) AND A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (MYSELF, MICHAEL S. BULLARD). THE WEATHER THROUGHOUT THE FLIGHT WAS VFR. THE ST AUGUSTINE ATIS REPORTED THE WINDS AS CALM BEFORE THE FLIGHT BEGAN. THE AIRCRAFT REMAINED IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR RUNWAY 31 AT ST. AUGUSTINE. AFTER THREE TOUCH AND GOES, THE AIRCRAFT WAS SET UP FOR ANOTHER. UPON TOUCH DOWN (FOURTH LANDING), THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR "COLLAPSED." NONE OF THE PREVIOUS THREE LANDINGS WERE OUT OF THE ORDINARY, OR WHAT THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT WOULD CONSIDER "HARD" OR "UNUSUAL". THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING FLOWN BY THE STUDENT PILOT FOR ALL FOUR LANDINGS AND TAKEOFFS AND PATTERNS. I (THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT) IMMEDIATELY TOOK CONTROLS OF THE AIRCRAFT UPON RECOGNIZING THE ABNORMAL NATURE OF THE GROUND ROLL. I ATTEMPTED TO KEEP THE AIRCRAFT ON THE CENTERLINE OF THE RUNWAY, HOWEVER AS THE AIRCRAFT SLOWED, IT VEERED LEFT, COMING TO A STOP ON THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 31 ABOUT 800 FEET FROM THE POINT OF TOUCHDOWN. THE TOWER WAS THEN NOTIFIED THAT THE OCCUPANTS WERE ALL OK. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SECURED AND THEN EXITED.

## Other reports on N8258A (1)

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

- [Accident 19921004057059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921004057059A), Oct 4, 1992: Piper PA28161 (N8258A), St Augustine, FL, Substantial damage. Student allowed aircraft to roll 80 degrees right on short final. CFI took over. Landed on grass. Struck marker.

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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