# Incident 20140501005259I: Piper PA-28-180, Wichita, KS, May 1, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 1, 2014, 13:27 local time
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Airport: Wichita Mid-Continent
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6922° N, 97.3375° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wichita, KS, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6922&lon=-97.3375&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4772L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4772L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360-A4A (registry code 42270, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-a4a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360-A4A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 2 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140501005259I

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 1ST, 2014, AT APPROXIMATELY 1327, UTC, , THE COMMERCIAL PILOT  WITH AIRPLANE SINGLE ENGINE LAND AND INSTRUMENT AIRPLANE RATINGS FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WHILE LANDING A PIPER PA-28-180 , RESULTING IN A RUNWAY EXCURSION INTO THE GRASS.

PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT, THE AIRCRAFT HAD DEPARTED FROM (KSLN), SALINA AIRPORT ON A VFR FLIGHT TO (KICT) WICHITA MID-CONTINENT AIRPORT.  EVIDENCE FROM THE CONTROLLER STATEMENT INDICATES THAT AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 01R WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT KICT AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WITH FEW CLOUDS AT 8000 FEET, 10 STATUTE MILES VISIBILITY, AND WINDS FROM 280 DEGREES AT 10 KNOTS.

THE PILOT INDICATED THAT THE APPROACH AND LANDING SEEMED NORMAL UNTIL TOUCHDOWN.  HOWEVER A CROSSWIND RAISED HIS LEFT WING AND TAIL CAUSING HIM TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT.  EVIDENCE OF SKID MARKS INDICATE A VERY SHARP TURN TO THE LEFT IN AN ARC GREATER THAN 90 DEGREES FROM CENTERLINE UNTIL OFF THE RUNWAY.  THIS SHARP TURN CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE OUT-BOARD RIGHT WING AND A BENT NOSE GEAR TOWARDS THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT AND THE PROPELLOR STRIKING THE RUNWAY.  THE PILOT TAXIED BACK UP ONTO THE RUNWAY AND THEN TAXIED TO PARKING.

THE LONE PILOT ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT REPORTED NO INJURIES.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.  NO DAMAGE TO RUNWAY LIGHTING WAS REPORTED.

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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