# Incident 20110811016459I: Piper PA-17, Farmville, VA, August 11, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 11, 2011, 11:25 local time
- Place: Farmville, VA
- Airport: Farmville Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3575° N, 78.4378° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FARMVILLE RGNL (FVX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3575&lon=-78.4378&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5004H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5004H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-17 (registry code 7101702, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C75 series (registry code 17005, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c75-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-17
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR A&C75 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 420 total, 18 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110811016459I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS LANDING ON RWY 21 AT FARMVILLE REGIONAL AIRPORT AND GROUND LOOPED THE AIRCRAFT WITH A LIGHT CROSSWIND OF 3 KTS.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS FAST ON FINAL, HIT HARD ENOUGH TO BOUNCE THEN GROUND LOOPED TO THE RIGHT RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR, PROP AND RIGHT WING TIP.

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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