# Incident 20120229002299I: Piper PA-28-140, Paynesville, MN, February 29, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 29, 2012, 17:00 local time
- Place: Paynesville, MN
- Airport: Paynesville Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.3721° N, 94.7447° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PAYNESVILLE MUNI (PEX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.3721&lon=-94.7447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N102MS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N102MS-2013-03-06) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 107 total, 3 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120229002299I

## Narrative

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

ON 03/02/12; THE MSP FSDO RECEIVED THEIR FIRST NOTIFICATION (8020-9) OF AN INCIDENT OCCURRING ON 02/29/12 AT THE PAYNESVILLE, MN AIRPORT.  PERFORMED AN ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, ASSISTED BY INSPECTOR DWIGHT PLADSEN.  IT WAS DETERMINED, THROUGH AN INTERVIEW OF THE AIRMAN, THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO MANAGE THE CROSS-WIND, (VARIABLE 010 - 030 DEGREES AT 12 KTS) DURING HIS INITIAL LANDING ATTEMPT TO RUNWAY 11 RESULTING IN AN EXCURSION TO THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRPLANE SUBSEQUENTLY OVERTURNED WHEN IT CAME IN CONTACT WITH A SNOW BANK ADJACENT THE RUNWAY EDGE LIGHTS.

## Other reports on N102MS (1)

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

- [Accident 19750929032319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750929032319A), Sep 29, 1975: Piper PA28140 (N102MS), Albuquerque, NM, Substantial damage. Ovr flew suitable arpts. Lnd in gulch at nite.

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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