# Accident 20091018050449A: Piper PA-28-180, Oliver Springs, TN, October 18, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 18, 2009, 13:47 local time
- Place: Oliver Springs, TN
- Airport: Oliver Springs
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0375° N, 84.3069° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0375&lon=-84.3069&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7906W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7906W-2013-07-01) (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 PA-28-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360 SER
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 3
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10FA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10FA020) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091018050449A

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDED LONG ON WET/SOGGY GRASS STRIP.  PILOT LOSS DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT AND SLID INTO TREES OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.  IMPACT CAUSED TREES TO PENETRATE COCKPIT AREA.

## 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 ERA10FA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10FA020), Oct 18, 2009: Piper PA-28-181 (N7906W), Oliver Springs, TN, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of directional control while landing on a wet turf runway, which resulted in a runway excursion and collision with a tree.

## Other reports on N7906W (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20070815023149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070815023149A), Aug 15, 2007: Piper PA28180 (N7906W), Tunica, MS, Minor damage. (-23) On August 15, 2007, around 1355 local time the pilot in command of N7906W, PA-28-180, aircraft was on approach to runway 35 at the Tunica, MS (kuta)…
- [Accident 19780129000939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780129000939A), Jan 29, 1978: Piper PA28180 (N7906W), Stratford, CT, Substantial damage. During lndg roll PIC failed to maintain direction control. Winds ing to 20 KTS.

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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