# Accident 20071006830249A: Piper PA28181, Fan Rock, WV, October 6, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 6, 2007, 11:35 local time
- Place: Fan Rock, WV
- Airport: Swope Farm
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.5665° N, 81.6193° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Swope Farm Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5665&lon=-81.6193&mi=10
- Aircraft: N362, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N362) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,752 total, 370 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071006830249A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER LANDING AND WHILE ROLLING OUT THE LEFT WING OF THE AIRCRAFT CAME IN CONTACT WITH BRUSH OVER GROWING THE RUNWAY. THE CONTACT WITH THE BRUSH CAUSED THE PILOT TO LOSE DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT RESULTING IN THE AIRCRAFT LEAVING THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST PERPENDICULAR TO THE RUNWAY AFTER CONTACTING SOME LARGER BRUSH AND TREES. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEADING EDGE OF BOTH WINGS, LEFT WING TIP MINOR DAMAGE AND A COLLAPSE OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR. THE WINGSPAN OF THIS PARTICULAR PA-28-181 IS LISTED AS 35 FEET. THE WIDTH OF THE RUNWAY IS LISTED AS 30 FEET. THE PRIVATE AIRPORT HAD NOT BEEN KEPT UP ALLOWING BRUSH TO GROW UP TO AND OVER THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT REPORTED NO MECHANICAL FAILURE(S) AND SIMPLY STATED THAT HE MISJUDGED THE DISTANCE FROM THE WINGTIP TO THE OVERHANGING BRUSH.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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