# Incident 20140802015439I: Piper PA-28-140, Pinville, LA, August 2, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 2014, 09:30 local time
- Place: Pinville, LA
- Airport: Pineville
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.3422° N, 92.4436° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PINEVILLE MUNI (2L0), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.3422&lon=-92.4436&mi=10
- Aircraft: N123JC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N123JC) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,540 total, 251 in this make and model, 92 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140802015439I

## Narrative

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

PILOT FLEW VFR TO PINEVILLE, LA AIRPORT FROM POLLACK, LA.  ACCORDING TO PILOT AND SUPPORTING WEATHER INFORMATION, THE WEATHER QUICKLY BECAME INCLEMENT AND THE PILOT WAS FORCED TO FLY LOW OVER TREES TO PREVENT INADVERTANT IMC. PILOT FLEW OVER THE AIRPORT AND ENTERED DOWN WIND FOR RUNWAY 18. DURING TURN FROM BASE TO FINAL THE LEFT WING CLIPPED TOP OF PINE TREES ON THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 18 SUSTAINING DAMAGE TO LEFT WING LEADING EDGE, PITOT TUBE AND LEFT AILERON. AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY

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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