# Accident 20040704016809A: Piper PA28140, Rush City, MN, July 4, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 2004, 22:30 local time
- Place: Rush City, MN
- Airport: Rush City Regional Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.6981° N, 92.9531° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6981&lon=-92.9531&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55930, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N55930) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O320E3D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 168 total, 50 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI04CA170](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04CA170) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040704016809A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SHORT FINAL FOR RUNWAY 34, JUST PRIOR TO TOUCH DOWN A GUST OF WIND CAUSED AIRCRAFT TO DRIFT LEFT. PILOT APPLIED POWER TO GO AROUND BUT THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN LEFT OF RUNWAY IN GRASS AT WHICH TIME THE PILOT "PULLED" THE POWER BACK. AIRCRAFT THEN IMPACTED A FENCE AND CAME TO REST. NO ONE ON BOARD WAS INJURED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI04CA170](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04CA170), Jul 5, 2004: Piper PA28-140 (N55930), Rush City, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions which led to his loss of aircraft control. Factors were the wind gusts, the ditch, and the fence.

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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