# Incident 20180627013679I: Piper PA-28-140, New Bedford, MA, June 27, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 27, 2018, 12:33 local time
- Place: New Bedford, MA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6613° N, 70.9379° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Bedford, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6613&lon=-70.9379&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55302, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N55302) (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: 39 total, 39 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180627013679I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS APPROACHING THE DOWNWIND LEG, AT WHICH POINT ATC ADVISED THAT THE CURRENT WIND WAS 215 AT APPROXIMATELY 15 KNOTS WITH POSSIBLE HIGHER GUSTS FROM THIS DIRECTION. WHILE ON THE DOWNWIND LEG, PILOT OBSERVED THE WIND SOCK TO BE BLOWING IN THE DIRECTION OF THE ATC REPORT, AND KEPT CONFIRMING THIS ON FINAL APPROACH AS WELL. ON  FINAL APPROACH PILOT HAD EVERYTHING LINED UP WITH THE PROPER PICTURE. DUE TO THE LEFT CROSSWIND, HE HAD  LEFT AILERON INTO THE WIND AND SUBSEQUENTLY USED RIGHT RUDDER INPUT TO CONTROL THE PLANE AND KEEP IT STRAIGHT IN-LINE WITH THE RUNWAY. THE APPROACH FELT NORMAL UNTIL THE REAR WHEELS JUST TOUCHED THE GROUND. AT THIS POINT, THE PLANE BEGAN TURNING HARD TO THE LEFT AND FELT AS THOUGH THERE WAS AN EXTREMELY HARD GUST/CROSSWIND AGAINST THE PLANE. DUE TO THE SUDDEN MOTION TO THE LEFT, HE ATTEMPTED TO INPUT RIGHT RUDDER WITH NO SUCCESS AT RECOVERING ALL OF THE WHEELS FROM SKIDDING AND THE PLANE CONTINUING HARD LEFT. THE INPUT OF BRAKES AT THIS POINT FELT LIKE THEY HAD LITTLE EFFECT.  AIRCRAFT SPUN OFF THE RUNWAY AND SETTLED ONTO THE INFIELD GRASS ADJACENT TO THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N55302 (1)

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

- [Incident 19960714023769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960714023769I), Jul 14, 1996: Piper PA28140 (N55302), Fall River, MA. Narrative: pilot departed pvc in VMC at approximately 17:10 EDT, destination gon. Pilot was unable to obtain a wx briefing from bdr fss prior to departure but…

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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