# Incident 20160420020219I: Piper PA-32-300, Gainesville, GA, April 20, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 20, 2016, 23:45 local time
- Place: Gainesville, GA
- Airport: Lee Gilmer Memorial
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2726° N, 83.8302° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LEE GILMER MEML (GVL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2726&lon=-83.8302&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8998N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8998N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32-300
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 705 total, 216 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160420020219I

## Narrative

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

DURING VFR LANDING ON RUNWAY 23, THE PILOT HAD JUST CANCELLED IFR.  WHILE CORRECTING A LOW AND FAST SITUATION,  PILOT LOST SIGHT OF RUNWAY OVER THE NOSE.  WHEN NORMAL PITCH ATTITUDE WAS ESTABLISHED, AIRCRAFT HAD DRIFTED LEFT AND ABOUT TO TOUCHDOWN.  STRUCK PAPI CLOSEST TO RUNWAY (APPROX. 50').  VEERED RIGHT TO GET OFF GRASS AND ONTO RUNWAY.  TAXIIED TO HANGAR WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.  THREE SOULS ON BOARD ALL UNINJURED.

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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