# Incident 20130410005779I: Piper PA-28-161, Williamstown, WV, April 10, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 10, 2013, 14:30 local time
- Place: Williamstown, WV
- Airport: Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airpo
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3450° N, 81.4393° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MID-OHIO VALLEY RGNL (PKB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3450&lon=-81.4393&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2048M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2048M) (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: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 125 total, 125 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130410005779I

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED THAT WHILE CONDUCTING A TOUCH AND GO ON RUNWAY 21 HE TEMPORARILY LOST CONTROL AFTER ENCOUNTERING A GUST OF WIND UPON TOUCHING DOWN.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE APPLIED FLIGHT CONTROL INPUTS AND POWER TO REGAIN CONTROL.  DURING THE PROCESS OF GAINING CONTROL, THE AIRPLANE DRIFTED LEFT OF THE RUNWAY WHILE AIRBORNE AND CONTACTED A BOX SIGN AND TAXIWAY LIGHT AT THE INTERSECTION FOR TAXIWAY B.  THE PILOT DEPARTED THE PATTERN AT PKB AND CONTINUED TO 42I WHICH WAS HIS INTENDED DESTINATION AFTER PERFORMING THE TOUCH AND GO OPERATION.

UPON ARRIVAL AT 42I THE PILOT STATED THAT HE DISCOVERED MINOR DAMAGE TO BOTH MAIN GEAR WHEEL PANTS AND THE RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER.  THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE DID NOT REALIZE HE HAD CONTACTED ANYTHING AT PKB DURING THE SCENARIO DESCRIBED ABOVE.  HE ALSO STATED THAT HE DID NOT HAVE ANY MECHANICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE AIRPLANE PRIOR TO THE LOSS OF CONTROL AND SUBSEQUENT CONTACT WITH THE SIGN AND LIGHT.

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT WINDS WERE 250 @ 13 - 19 PRIOR TO HIS DEPARTURE FROM PKB FOR THE TOUCH AND GO.

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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