# Incident 20040529019729I: Piper PA28161, Poughkeepsie, NY, May 29, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 2004, 12:06 local time
- Place: Poughkeepsie, NY
- Airport: Dutchess County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: APPS
- Location: 41.6266° N, 73.8842° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Dutchess County Airport (POU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6266&lon=-73.8842&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2571X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2571X) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040529019729I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT WAS A STUDENT FLYING HIS FIRST CROSS COUNTRY AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 06 AT KPOU. THE STUDENT REPORTED THAT WHILE LANDING A GUST OF WIND BLEW THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO STRIKE A RUNWAY EDGE LIGHT. THE PILOT ADDED POWER AND REENTERED THE LANDING PATTERN. THE AIRCRAFT THEN LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. DAMAGE WAS REPORTED TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE LEADING EDGE OF THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER.

## Other reports on N2571X (2)

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

- [Incident 19950509013299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950509013299I), May 9, 1995: Piper PA28161 (N2571X), New Haven, CT, Minor damage. Reported hit by gust on landing. Departed right side of runway. No wind gusts observed by tower.
- [Incident 19920613054229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920613054229I), Jun 13, 1992: Piper PA28161 (N2571X), Islip, NY. Engine lost power on final. Switched fuel tanks. Landed safely. Ran tank empty before switching tanks.

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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