# Incident 20071229829009I: Piper PA32300, Saipan Island, MP, December 29, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 29, 2007, 08:11 local time
- Place: Saipan Island, MP
- Airport: Francisco C. Ada/Saipan International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: Z8TA
- Location: 15.1202° N, 145.7300° E: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FRANCISCO C ADA/SAIPAN INTL (GSN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=15.1202&lon=145.7300&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4254R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4254R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,325 total, 23 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071229829009I

## Narrative

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

(-23) UPON TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT IN A GRASSY AREA BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND THE PARALLEL TAXIWAY. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE VASI TRANSFORMER BOX WITH THE RIGHT FLAP AT ABOUT THE MIDPOINT OF THE FLAP. THE RESULTING DAMAGE WAS A TEAR IN THE TRAILING EDGE OF THE FLAP APPROXIMATELY 4 INCHES LONG AND ONE INCH WIDE. THE PILOT WAS UNCERTAIN AS TO THE CAUSE OF LOSS OF CONTROL, BUT SUGGESTED A WIND GUST MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED. LANDING RUNWAY WAS 07 AND THE WIND WAS REPORTED AS 060 AT 8 KNOTS. THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED ACROSS THE INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE RESULTING IN A FAA NOTIFICATION DATE OF 12/29 AND A FSDO NOTIFICATION DATE OF 12/28.

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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