# Incident 20090909020259I: Piper PA28161, Norman, OK, September 9, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 9, 2009, 08:16 local time
- Place: Norman, OK
- Airport: University Of Oklahoma Westhei
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: GD8S
- Location: 35.2456° N, 97.4721° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA WESTHEIMER (OUN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2456&lon=-97.4721&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4810U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4810U) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 41 total, 41 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/20090909020259I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT WAS PRACTICING SOFT FIELD LANDINGS, HE STATED HE DID NOT USE PROPER PROCEDURES AND AFTER GETTING AIRBORNE LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT AND HIT RUNWAY SIGN.  LEFT WINGTIP AND LEFT STABILATOR WERE DAMAGED.

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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