# Incident 20050808016189I: Piper PA28140, Livingston, MT, August 8, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 2005, 21:00 local time
- Place: Livingston, MT
- Airport: Mission Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.6994° N, 110.4480° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MISSION FLD (LVM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6994&lon=-110.4480&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5031T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5031T-2007-06-13) (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 O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 75 total, 15 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050808016189I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 8, 2005, PA-28-140, N5031T ATTEMPTED A LANDING ON RUNWAY 4 ON A NE HEADING AT THE LIVINGSTON, MONTANA AIRPORT. JUST AT TOUCHDOWN A STRONG RIGHT TO LEFT CROSSWIND PUSHED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE LEFT AT INTERSECTION 31. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE INTERSECTION SIGN AND THEN STRUCK THE FOLLOWING RUNWAY LIGHT. PILOT COULD NOT MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT DUE TO THE CROSSWIND AT LANDING. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR AERODYNAMIC STRUT FAIRING AND RIGHT INBOARD HORIZONTAL STABILIZER. NO AIRWORTHINESS ISSUED PRECEDED THIS INCIDENT ACCORDING TO THE PILOT - AIRCRAFT FLEW FINE PRIOR TO INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N5031T (3)

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

- [Accident 20050925025269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050925025269A), Sep 25, 2005: Piper PA28140 (N5031T), Wilson Creek, NV, Substantial damage. (-23) On September 25, 2005, pilot departed home base, cedar city, ut at or about 1640 local with reportedly full tanks. He flew to elko, NY and did a touch…
- [Incident 19940718032869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940718032869I), Jul 18, 1994: Piper PA28140 (N5031T), Willard, UT. Narrative: N5031T was on an IFR training flight and was on return flight to slc #2 airport after shooting a practice adf approach into the brigham city airport…
- [Incident 19890415029069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890415029069I), Apr 15, 1989: Piper PA28140 (N5031T), Heber, UT, Minor damage. Right tire went flat on landing rollout. Veered off runway and struck a runway light.

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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