# Incident 20050930033519I: Piper PA28RT201, Glencoe, MN, September 30, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 2005, 16:15 local time
- Place: Glencoe, MN
- Airport: Glencoe Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.7560° N, 94.0815° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GLENCOE MUNI (GYL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7560&lon=-94.0815&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8265S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8265S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28RT-201 (registry code 7102818, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28rt-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28RT201
- Reported engine: LYC IO360LYC*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 675 total, 20 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050930033519I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ^PRIVACY DATA ^ ADMINISTERED A COMPLEX AIRCRAFT CHECKOUT TO PRIVATE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^ AT THE GLENCOE MINNESOTA AIRPORT. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA^ HAD CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT WHILE EXECUTING A LANDING IN A STRONG CROSSWIND, HE STATED A STRONG GUST OF WIND CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO VEER LEFT, AS A RESULT OF THIS THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A RUNWAY LIGHT. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ^PRIVACY DATA ^ TOOK IMMEDIATE COMMAND OF THE AIRCRAFT BUT WAS UNABLE TO KEEP THE AIRCRAFT FROM GOING FURTHER TO THE LEFT, AS A RESULT THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE RUNWAY LIGHT AND THE GROUND, BOUNCED AND BECOMING AIRBORNE AGAIN. THE TWO PILOTS INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AT THE GLENCOE AIRPORT AND DETERMINED AMONG THEMSELVES THE AIRCRAFT WAS STILL AIRWORTHY, AS ALL THEY DISCOVERED WERE TWO MINOR DENTS ON THE BOTTOM FUSELAGE OF THE AIRCRAFT. IT WAS LATER DETERMINED BY THUNDERBIRD AVIATION MAINTENANCE THE DAMAGE WAS MORE SEVERE THAN THE PILOTS HAD THOUGHT. THE AFT BULKHEAD HAD TO HAVE A NEW CROSS-MEMBER INSTALLED, AND NEW SKIN WAS PUT ON THE BOTTOM OF THE AIRCRAFT AS WELL.

## Other reports on N8265S (4)

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

- [Incident 20200513003449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200513003449I), May 13, 2020: Piper PA-28RT-201 (N8265S), Lakeville, MN, Minor damage. 2020-05-13 Piper arrow N8265S had a gear up landing at Airlake klvn. After landing at 1 a.m. the pic/cfi went home and came back to work at 0800L to facilitate…
- [Incident 20110629014549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110629014549I), Jun 29, 2011: Piper PA-28RT-201 (N8265S), Maple Lake, MN, Minor damage. Lake airport, Minnesota. During the landing flare, [privacy data omitted] hard the propeller strike the ground and realized had had not lowered the landing…
- [Incident 20030305003159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030305003159I), Mar 5, 2003: Piper PA28RT201 (N8265S), Tecumseh, NE. (-23) On 3/6/2003 at approximately 1620 cmt on flight from flying cloud airport minneapolis MN. (Fcm) to do some recreational sight seeing, and two hour into…
- [Incident 19991020032369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991020032369I), Oct 20, 1999: Piper PA28RT201 (N8265S), Clear Lake, MN, Minor damage. (-23) The airplane started shaking during cruise. The PIC headed for a grass strip nearby. He saw a cylinder break through the cowling. He estimated that they…

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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