# Accident 20170626011209A: Piper PA-28-140, June 26, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 26, 2017, 13:00 local time
- Airport: Cherry Ridge
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N6977W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6977W-2017-11-28) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 275 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170626011209A

## Narrative

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

LANDING RUNWAY 36 (N30) CHERRY RIDGE. TOUCHDOWN AND A GUST OF WIND CAUSED THE PILOT TO LOSE CONTROL, AND TURN TO THE LEFT. AIRCRAFT CROSSED OVER A DRAINAGE DITCH CAUSING SUBSTANTAL DAMAGE.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N6977W (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20051213033079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051213033079I), Dec 13, 2005: Piper PA28140 (N6977W), Bristol-Johnson, TN, Minor damage. (-23) Aircraft porpoised on landing, nose gear failed.
- [Incident 20020822023809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020822023809I), Aug 22, 2002: Piper PA28140 (N6977W), Elizabethton, TN. (-23) A telephone conversation with the pilot indicated that the flight originated at the tri-cities airport, johnson city Tennessee. He was to fly to…

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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