# Incident 20101219053189I: Piper PA-28-140, Westerly, RI, December 19, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 19, 2010, 13:10 local time
- Place: Westerly, RI
- Airport: Westerly State Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3496° N, 71.8034° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WESTERLY STATE (WST), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3496&lon=-71.8034&mi=10
- Aircraft: N507FL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N507FL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-140
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 60 total, 60 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101219053189I

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 19, 2010, AT APPROXIMATELY 1310 EASTERN STANDARD TIME (EST), A PIPER PA-28-140, N507FL BEING FLOWN BY A RECENTLY CERTIFICATED PILOT FAILED TO CONTROL THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE PILOT OF THE AIRCRAFT STATED IN A WRITTEN STATEMENT, AS HE TOUCHDOWN ON RUNWAY 7 IN WESTERLY  STATE AIRPORT, RI. (WST), THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY AFTER LANDING WITH LITTLE CROSSWIND. THE AIRCRAFT SWERVED TO THE LEFT CROSSING A TAXIWAY CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE AS A RESULT OF THE RIGHT WING CONTACTING THE TAXIWAY GUIDE SIGN.

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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