# Incident 20030923027129I: Piper PA28140, Gueydan, LA, September 23, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 23, 2003
- Place: Gueydan, LA
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0290° N, 92.5070° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gueydan, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0290&lon=-92.5070&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4263J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4263J) (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 flight hours: 1,250 total, 1,250 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030923027129I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT LANDED ON HIS PRIVATE GRASS STRIP 10 MI. SOUTH OF GUEYDAN, LA. PILOT BELIEVED THE STRIP WAS DRYER THAN IT WAS. ON ROLL OUT, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO HYDROPLANE AND HE WAS UNABLE TO STOP PRIOR TO CONTACTING LEVEE AT THE END OF THE STRIP. DAMAGE TO PROPELLER AND LOWER ENGINE COWL.

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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