# Accident 20090320004219A: Piper PA28151, Dover/Cheswold, DE, March 20, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 20, 2009, 14:10 local time
- Place: Dover/Cheswold, DE
- Airport: Delaware Airpark
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2178° N, 75.5911° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2178&lon=-75.5911&mi=10
- Aircraft: N41568, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N41568-2015-04-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-151 (registry code 7102805, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28151
- Reported engine: LYC O320E3D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 180 total, 70 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09CA207](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA207) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090320004219A

## Narrative

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

(-23)  PILOT STATED THAT HE DEPARTED SUMMIT AIRPORT (KEVY), MIDDLETOWN, DE, WITHOUT A WEATHER REPORT AND WAS PRACTICING LANDINGS AT K33N.  HE HAD MADE ONE LANDING ON RUNWAY 27, BUT IT WAS GUSTY AND DID NOT LIKE IT SO HE DECIDED TO MAKE ANOTHER LANDING ON THE SAME RUNWAY.  AS HE WAS ABOUT TO LAND, HE GOT A GUST FROM A CROSS WIND, LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND CRASHED INTO TWO PARKED AIRCRAFT, WHICH WERE NOT INTENDING TO FLY.  ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 346 FEET FROM THE CENTER LINE OF RUNWAY 27 ON A 020 HEADING.  THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, RIGHT WING SEPARATED FROM THE FUSELAGE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA09CA207](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA207), Mar 20, 2009: Piper PA28-151 (N41568), Dover, DE, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing.

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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