# Incident 20110402006609I: Piper PA-28-180, Concord, NC, April 2, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 2, 2011, 15:23 local time
- Place: Concord, NC
- Airport: Concord Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4088° N, 80.5795° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Concord, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4088&lon=-80.5795&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3663R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3663R-2013-04-30) (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&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 327 total, 40 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/20110402006609I

## Narrative

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

04/02/2011- AIRCRAFT, N3663R DEPARTED FERNANDINA BEACH (KIFB) AIRPORT FOR CONCORD AIRPORT(KJQF) ON VFR FLIGHT.  PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 20 AT CONCORD AIRPORT, ENCOUNTERED CROSSWIND GUSTS UP TO 28 KNOTS AT 270 DEGREES.  PILOT THEN ELECTED TO DO GO AROUND. DURING SECOND LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED A CROSSWIND CONDITION, PILOT WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. LANDED IN GRASSY AREA TO THE RIGHT OF RUNWAY 20, HIT A DISTANCE MARKING SIGN WITH RIGHT WING.  PILOT THEN STOPPED AIRCRAFT AND REPORTED THE INCIDENT TO THE TOWER.  NO INJURIES TO PILOT.  MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT RIGHT WING WAS OBSERVED.

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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