# Incident 20090310005509I: Piper PA28161, Eastman, GA, March 10, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 10, 2009, 12:30 local time
- Place: Eastman, GA
- Airport: Heart Of Georgia Regional
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: HG6S
- Location: 32.2164° N, 83.1287° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HEART OF GEORGIA RGNL (EZM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2164&lon=-83.1287&mi=10
- Aircraft: N281HG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N281HG-2022-02-18) (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
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 15 total, 15 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090310005509I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  DURING INITIAL SOLO FLIGHT, STUDENT PIOT EXPERIENCED A GUSTY CROSSWIND/TAILWIND COMBINATION THAT WAS NOT PROPERLY CORRECTED FOR DURING THE LANDING AND ROLLOUT PHASE..  THE STUDENT PILOT UNDERESTIMATED THE EFFECT OF THE CROSSWIND AND ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO TOUCH DOWN IN A CRAB RESULTING IN A SIDELOAD ON THE GEAR AND YAWING THAT WAS NOT CORRECTED FOR IN A TIMELY MANNER.  THE STUDENT PILOT THEN OVER CONTROLLED THE RUDDER APPLICATION ATTEMPTING TO COUNTERACT THE YAW AND ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO DEPART THE RUNWAY.

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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