# Incident 20190517022869I: Piper PA-18A, Opelousas, LA, May 17, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 2019, 12:10 local time
- Place: Opelousas, LA
- Airport: Ahart Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.5249° N, 92.0817° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Opelousas, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5249&lon=-92.0817&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2576P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2576P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18A (registry code 7101804, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a) (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-18A
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 172 total, 111 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190517022869I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDED ON RUNWAY 18. AT APPROXIMATELY 800 FEET FROM THE END OF RUNWAY 18, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT. PILOT APPLIED LEFT RUDDER AND INCREASED ENGINE POWER. THE AIRCRAFT MADE A SHARP TURN TO THE LEFT RUNNING OFF OF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS DAMAGING LEFT WING TIP, LEFT ELEVATOR AND SPREADING LANDING GEAR.

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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