# Incident 20070303003949I: Piper PA28161, Bellingham, WA, March 3, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 3, 2007, 11:50 local time
- Place: Bellingham, WA
- Airport: Bellingham International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.7927° N, 122.5375° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BELLINGHAM INTL (BLI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.7927&lon=-122.5375&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3290Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3290Q) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 111 total, 111 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070303003949I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 04, 2007 AT APPROX. 11:50 AM, N3290Q A PIPER PA28 PILOTED BY PRIVATE PILOT, INBOUND FROM ORCAS ISLAND WAS INSTRUCTED TO MAKE SHORT APPROACH AND CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 16. N3290Q LANDED NORMALLY ON RUNWAY 16, DURING ROLL OUT WAS INSTRUCTED TO TURN LEFT AT TAXIWAY DELTA. N3290Q THEN VEERED RIGHT, OFF THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS AND HITTING A RUNWAY DISTANCE MARKER SIGN DAMAGING THE LEFT WING. NO INJURIES.

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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