# Incident 20160803013739I: Piper PA-28-161, West Lafayette, IN, August 3, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 2016, 20:45 local time
- Place: West Lafayette, IN
- Airport: Purdue University
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4123° N, 86.9369° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PURDUE UNIVERSITY (LAF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4123&lon=-86.9369&mi=10
- Aircraft: N31862, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N31862-2017-05-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (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-28-161
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 26 total, 26 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160803013739I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 3, 2016 AT APPROXIMATELY 2045 HOURS EASTERN STANDARD TIME (0045 Z), A PIPER, PA28, N31860, LANDED AT PURDUE UNIVERSITY AIRPORT (LAF), VEERED OFF OF THE RUNWAY AND STRUCK A TAXIWAY LIGHT.  THE STUDENT PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT WAS UNINJURED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT UNDER THE PROVISION OF 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATION PART 91. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED.

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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