# Incident 20180309001779I: Piper PA-28-140, Springfield, MO, March 9, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 9, 2018, 15:00 local time
- Place: Springfield, MO
- Airport: Downtown Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2227° N, 93.2483° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DOWNTOWN (3DW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2227&lon=-93.2483&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6827W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6827W) (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: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 36 total, 27 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/20180309001779I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS PRACTICING TOUCH-AND-GO LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 29 WHEN UPON CONDUCTING THE SECOND LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF TO THE LEFT AND EXITED THE RUNWAY SURFACE COMING TO REST APPROXIMATELY 130 FEET FROM THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT ALSO STATED THAT THE WINDS AT THE TIME WERE REPORTED AT 12 KNOTS GUSTING TO 17 KNOTS AT 250 DEGREES AND HE RECALLED TOUCHING DOWN TO THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE. THE ONSITE INVESTIGATION REVEALED MARKS ON THE RUNWAY AND GRASS SURFACE WHICH REFLECT THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHING DOWN TO THE RIGHT OF THE CENTER LINE. A SHORT DISTANCE AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE TIRE ON THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR TRAVELED INTO THE GRASS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY THEN CAME BACK ONTO THE RUNWAY SURFACE FOLLOWED BY MARKS FROM THE NOSE TIRE AND RIGHT MAIN GEAR TIRE SHOWING THE AIRCRAFT MAKING AN ABRUPT LEFT TURN WITH THE TIRE MARKS CONTINUING OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY AND INTO THE GRASS. DURING THIS ABRUPT LEFT TURN, MARKS WERE NOTED ON RUNWAY AND IN THE GRASS THAT COINCIDE WITH THE RIGHT WING TIP MAKING CONTACT WITH THE GROUND. MARKS WERE ALSO FOUND THAT INDICATE THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS TRAVELING THROUGH THE GRASS. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP RESTING ON THE MAIN LANDING GEAR AND THE NOSE GEAR WHICH HAD COLLAPSED FOLDING OVER TO THE LEFT DURING THE INCIDENT.

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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