# Incident 20070602008059I: Piper PA28181, Olathe, KS, June 2, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 2, 2007, 15:50 local time
- Place: Olathe, KS
- Airport: Johnson County Executive Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8476° N, 94.7376° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JOHNSON COUNTY EXEC (OJC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8476&lon=-94.7376&mi=10
- Aircraft: N635KC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N635KC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: New Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7103201, https://openairdocs.org/model/new-piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360-A4M (registry code 42276, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-a4m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- Reported engine: LYC IO360LYC*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 50 total, 3 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/20070602008059I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE STUDENT PILOT RETURNED FROM AN UNSUPERVISED SOLO FLIGHT TO THE PRACTICE AREA IN GUSTY WIND CONDITIONS. ON HIS FIRST ATTEMPT TO LAND HE BALLOONED UP IN THE FLARE AND LANDED HARD DUE TO EXCESSIVE LOSS OF AIRSPEED. DURING THE FLARE THE AIRPLANE DRIFTED LEFT TO THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY AND STRUCK A RUNWAY LIGHT WITH THE BOTTOM OF THE LEFT WING AND THE LEFT STABILATOR, DOING MINOR DAMAGE TO BOTH SURFACES. INCIDENT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

## Other reports on N635KC (1)

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

- [Incident 20200913017229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200913017229I), Sep 13, 2020: New Piper Aircraft Inc PA-28-181 (N635KC), Jefferson City, MO, Minor damage. On the pilot's third attempt to land on runway 30 at kjef, the aircraft right wheel hit first followed by the left wheel. The nose wheel then came down hard on…

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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