# Incident 20160425003149I: Piper PA-28-180, Des Moines, IA, April 25, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 25, 2016, 19:29 local time
- Place: Des Moines, IA
- Airport: Des Moines International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5340° N, 93.6631° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DES MOINES INTL (DSM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5340&lon=-93.6631&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4827L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4827L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-180
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 40 total, 40 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/20160425003149I

## Narrative

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

A STUDENT PILOT ON HIS FIRST SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FROM KDSM TO KAIO. THE STUDENT PILOT INITIATED A LANDING ATTEMPT ON RUNWAY 02 AT KAIO.  THE LANDING RESULTED IN A BOUNCE OFF OF THE RUNWAY WITH A GO-AROUND TO ATTEMPT A SECOND LANDING. THE SECOND LANDING ALSO RESULTED IN A BOUNCE OFF OF THE RUNWAY WITH A GO-AROUND. THE STUDENT PILOT DECIDED TO RETURN TO KDSM WITHOUT COMPLETING A FULL STOP LANDING AT KIAO. UPON ARRIVING AT KDSM AND ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 31 THE STUDENT PILOT AGAIN BOUNCED THE AIRCRAFT OFF THE RUNWAY. WITH NO GO-AROUND ATTEMPT THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO BOUNCE TWO MAYBE THREE TIMES BEFORE IT SPUN AROUND AND SLID OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS. DURING EGRESS FROM THE AIRCRAFT THE STUDENT PILOT NOTICED THE PROPELLER DAMAGE.

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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