# Incident 20041215033289I: Piper PA28140, Sparta, TN, December 15, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 15, 2004, 14:45 local time
- Place: Sparta, TN
- Airport: Sparta-White County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9347° N, 85.4726° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sparta, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9347&lon=-85.4726&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7063C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7063C-2022-11-05) (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: 1,200 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041215033289I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER LANDING AIRCRAFT TAXIING DOWN RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 2000', THEN VEERED TO THE RIGHT AND RAN OFF RUNWAY INTO GRASS INFIELD, BETWEEN RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY. AIRCRAFT JUMPED DITCH AND UNDERBELLY OF AFT FUSELAGE HIT CEMENT ABUTMENT TO CULVERT AT START OF DITCH.

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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