# Incident 20150718011609I: Piper PA-32-260, Hagerstown, MD, July 18, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 2015, 17:17 local time
- Place: Hagerstown, MD
- Airport: Hagerstown
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6380° N, 77.7233° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hagerstown, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6380&lon=-77.7233&mi=10
- Aircraft: N936BW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N936BW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32-260
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 85 total, 65 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150718011609I

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 18, 2015, CHRISTOPHER SHEFFIELD WAS THE PILOT IN COMMAND OF N936BW, A CHEROKEE SIX, PA-32-260.  WHILE ARRIVING AT KHGR, HAGERSTOWN, FROM KOXB, OCEAN CITY IN THE LATE AFTERNOON WINDS WERE REPORTED AS VARIABLE.  COMING IN ON RUNWAY 27 HE APPLIED FULL RUDDER AND TRIED TO KEEP CENTERLINE.  AS HE TOUCHED DOWN THE PLANE IMMEDIATELY WENT TO THE LEFT.  HE WAS NOT SURE IF IT WAS THE RESULT OF SOME UNEXPECTED WIND SHEAR OR TOUCHING DOWN WHILE STILL IN RUDDER USE, BUT THE UNREPORTED WIND WAS A FACTOR DURING THE APPROACH AND LANDING.  THE PLANE WENT OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND BACK ON THE RUNWAY, CLIPPING TWO RUNWAY LIGHTS.  HE IMMEDIATELY REPORTED IT TO THE CONTROL TOWER.  THE TOWER ASKED IF I NEEDED ANY ASSISTANCE, WHICH HE DID NOT, AND TAXIED TO HANGAR 12D.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND THE DAMAGE TO N936BW WAS MINOR.

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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