# Incident 20111006022789I: Piper PA-28-161, Manassas, VA, October 6, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 6, 2011, 14:00 local time
- Place: Manassas, VA
- Airport: Manassas Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7468° N, 77.4826° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Manassas, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7468&lon=-77.4826&mi=10
- Aircraft: N82587, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N82587-2018-08-10) (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 PA-28-161
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 25 total, 25 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111006022789I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT RAN OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 34L AT MANASSAS REGIONAL AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 1400HRS EDT.  OAT APPROX 75F, CLEAR, LITTLE TO NO WIND. STUDENT PILOT WAS PRACTICING LANDINGS, INCIDENT OCCURRED ON THE THIRD LANDING. PILOT TOTAL TIME 25HRS. STUDENT PILOT W/3RD CLASS MEDICAL C/W 1/26/2011, MUST  WEAR CORRECTIVE LENSES.RUNWAY SHOWED EVIDENCE OF SKID MARKS AT THE TOUCH DOWN POINT WHICH PROCEED IN AN ARCING LEFTWARD DIRECTION TO THE GRASS ADJACENT TO THE RUNWAY.  UPON ENTRY TO THE GRASS THE RIGHT WING STRUCK A RUNWAY ID SIGN. THE SIGN SHEARED OFF AT THE SHEAR POINT LOCATED NEAR THE GROUND ATTACHMENT AREA. THIS CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING THAT CONSISTED OF WRINKLED SKIN ON THE LEADING EDGE AND A HOLE ON THE WING LOWER SURFACE.AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN A WET GRASSY AREA.

## Other reports on N82587 (2)

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

- [Accident 20150816016139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150816016139A), Aug 16, 2015: Piper PA-28-161 (N82587), Bristow, VA, Destroyed. Student pilot was conducting takeoffs and landings during her 6th solo at manassas airport - hef. Student pilot reduced power to begin the landing descent when…
- [Accident 19841027062639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841027062639A), Oct 27, 1984: Piper PA28161 (N82587), Farmington, PA, Substantial damage. Drifted off centerline and collided with runway lights and pole. Pilot blamed wind shift caused aircraft to drift.

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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