# Incident 20140327004799I: Piper PA-28-140, Oxford, CT, March 27, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 27, 2014, 13:11 local time
- Place: Oxford, CT
- Airport: Waterbury-Oxford
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4783° N, 73.1352° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WATERBURY-OXFORD (OXC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4783&lon=-73.1352&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7039R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7039R-2018-03-16) (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: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 53 total, 48 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140327004799I

## Narrative

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

ATQA DATABASE DID NOT RECOGNIZE STUDENT PILOT CERTIFICATE NUMBER. STUDENT PILOT CERTIFICATE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS VERIFIED IN MSAT-A. UPON INITIAL ATTEMPT TO LAND AT THE WATERBURY OXFORD AIRPORT IN OXFORD, CT., THE PILOT WAS ON SHORT FINAL TO RUNWAY TO 36 AND CORRECTING FOR THE REPORTED 6 KNOT CROSS WINDS, DID NOT REALIGN THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RUNWAY PRIOR TO TOUCH DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN WITH THE NOSE GEAR DEFLECTED TO THE LEFT CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO VEER ABRUPTLY TO THE LEFT. THE ABRUPT MOVEMENT DISRUPTED THE CENTER OF GRAVITY ROTATING THE AIRCRAFT FORWARD ON TO THE RIGHT HAND WINGTIP AND RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WHEEL ASSEMBLY. THIS RESULTED IN THE PROPELLER STRIKING THE RUNWAY AND THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTING THE RUNWAY TO THE WEST. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 75 FEET ON TO THE GRASS FACING TO THE SOUTH WEST.

REVIEW OF THE STUDENT PILOT FLIGHT RECORDS REVEALED PREVIOUS INSTRUCTION IN CROSSWIND LANDINGS AND DUAL INSTRUCTION CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHTS TO OXC.

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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