# Accident 20181005019479A: Piper PA-24-250, Winder, GA, October 5, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 5, 2018, 09:42 local time
- Place: Winder, GA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9916° N, 83.7236° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Winder, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9916&lon=-83.7236&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8220P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8220P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-250
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,224 total, 40 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181005019479A

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED BEING DISTRACTED BY THE AIRCRAFTS INTERIOR LIGHTS GOING OUT ON FINAL. AFTER THE PILOT EXTENDED THE FLAPS. DURING THE APPROACH TO RUNWAY 31 AIRCRAFT STRUCK RUNWAY MALSR LIGHTING.

## 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 N8220P (1)

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

- [Incident 20210708010469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210708010469I), Jul 8, 2021: Piper PA-24-250 (N8220P), Morriston, TN, Minor damage. CFI stated on approach to land the student approach was to steep and failed to flair correctly which resulted in a hard landing on the gear which caused the…

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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