# Incident 20070123000789I: Piper PA28161, Westerly, RI, January 23, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 23, 2007, 11:10 local time
- Place: Westerly, RI
- Airport: Westerly State
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3496° N, 71.8034° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WESTERLY STATE (WST), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3496&lon=-71.8034&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80964, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N80964) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 20 total, 20 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070123000789I

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT PILOT ON FIRST SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT WENT OFF R/W 07 AT (WST) WESTERLY RI AT 1110EST. LEFT CROSS WIND FROM 340/12 KTS. R/W WET WITH PATCHY SNOW ON SURFACE. DAMAGE TO A/C CONSISTED OF MINOR DENTS ON LOWER WING SURFACE AND BOTH FLAPS. IA INSPECTED AIRCRAFT AND RETURNED IT TO SERVICE. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO BRIDGEPORT CT. (BDR) SIKORSKY MEM. CONTACTS: ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N80964 (1)

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

- [Accident 19970628046289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970628046289A), Jun 28, 1997: Piper PA28161 (N80964), Block Island, RI, Destroyed. (-23) On June 28, 1997 at approximately 1930-2000 eastern daylight time, Piper, PA-28-161, N80964, sustained substantial damage when the private pilot aborted…

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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