# Incident 20180419003839I: Piper PA-28-140, Abilene, TX, April 19, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 19, 2018, 08:45 local time
- Place: Abilene, TX
- Airport: Abilene International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4113° N, 99.6819° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ABILENE RGNL (ABI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4113&lon=-99.6819&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9988W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9988W) (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: 24 total, 24 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180419003839I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 19, 2018, AT APPROXIMATELY 0845 CDT, N9988W, A PIPER 28-140, EXPERIENCED A SHIMMY IN THE NOSE WHEEL DUE TO WIND GUSTS ON TAKE-OFF DEPARTURE ROLL AT ABILENE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (ABI) IN ABILENE, TEXAS.  THE STUDENT PILOT (WHO IS NOT  THE REGISTERED OWNER) VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS AREA BETWEEN RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE STUDENT PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.  THE STUDENT PILOT WAS THE ONLY SOUL ON BOARD.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM ABILENE, TEXAS (ABI) ON APRIL 19, 2018 AT APPROXIMATELY 0840 CDT.

## Other reports on N9988W (1)

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

- [Incident 20210527010119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210527010119I), May 27, 2021: Piper PA-28-140 (N9988W), Cisco, TX, Minor damage. On may 27, 2021, at approximately 1100, a Piper PA-28-140 aircraft bearing registration number N9988W, registered to [privacy data omitted], performed a nose…

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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