# Incident 20180511005239I: Piper PA-28-180, Block Island, RI, May 11, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 11, 2018, 15:00 local time
- Place: Block Island, RI
- Airport: Block Island State
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1681° N, 71.5778° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BLOCK ISLAND STATE (BID), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1681&lon=-71.5778&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15190, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N15190) (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
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 748 total, 414 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180511005239I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 28 AT BLOCK ISLAND, RI (KBID) FOR PRACTICE WHEN THE NOSE LANDING GEAR TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT VEERED STRONGLY TO THE LEFT. THE PILOT STATED THAT AS HE ATTEMPTED TO RECOVER THE AIRCRAFT BUT THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY AND CONTINUED INTO THE GRASS AREA, WHEREAS THE AIRCRAFT HIT A DITCH THAT IS ASIDE OF THE RUNWAY SPUN AROUND AND CAME TO A STOP.

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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