# Incident 20090111001809I: Piper PA28180, Laurel, MD, January 11, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 11, 2009, 17:05 local time
- Place: Laurel, MD
- Airport: Suburban
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9975° N, 77.1099° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SUBURBAN (5MD9), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9975&lon=-77.1099&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6538J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6538J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (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 PA28180
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 307 total, 80 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090111001809I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY 03 AT SUBURBAN AIRPORT (W18), THE PILOT DESCENDED INTO THE TREE TOPS AT THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY.  AT THE TIME (17:05 ON 01/11/2009) THE PILOT REPORTED THE WINDS FROM 340 @ 11 GUSTING 15.  IN ADDITION, THE PILOT STATED IT WAS DUSK AND HE WAS A BIT PREOCCUPIED WITH LOOKING FOR WILDLIFE WHICH IS KNOWN TO FREQUENT THE AREA.  AS A RESULT OF STRIKING THE TREES, THE LEADING EDGE OF THE RIGHT WING SUSTAINED DAMAGE CONSISTING OF APPROXIMATELY 15 SMALL DENTS ALONG THE ENTIRE LENGTH.

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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