# Incident 20190802020739I: Piper PA-28-181, Erie, PA, August 2, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 2019, 17:38 local time
- Place: Erie, PA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: 8NCS
- Location: 42.1166° N, 80.0735° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Erie, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1166&lon=-80.0735&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9083B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9083B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-360-A1D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 25 total, 25 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190802020739I

## Narrative

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

AFTER COMPLETING FIVE (5) SUCCESSFUL LANDINGS WITH A CFI, THE STUDENT PILOT COMPLETED TWO (2) SUCCESSFUL SOLO TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS TO A FULL STOP ON RUNWAY 06 AT ERI.  THE STUDENT PILOT STATED ON HIS THIRD TAKEOFF, HE LINED UP WITH THE CENTER OF THE RUNWAY APPLIED FULL POWER AND DEFLECTED AILERONS INTO THE WIND.  HE NOTICED THE AIRPLANE WAS DRIFTING TO THE LEFT AT WHICH TIME HE THEN STARTED TO APPLY RIGHT RUDDER AND ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT THE AIRCRAFT DIRECTION.  AT THIS POINT HE IMMEDIATELY CUT THE POWER AND ABORTED THE TAKEOFF. THE TOTAL DISTANCE TRAVELED WAS APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE EXITED THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY, STRUCK A RUNWAY EDGE INDENTIFIER LIGHT WITH THE BOTTOM OF THE RIGHT WING (VERY MINOR DAMAGE), AND ENTERED INTO THE ADJACENT GRASSY AREA COMING TO REST APPROXIMATELY 25  FEET FROM THE RUNWAY.   THE STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT AT THIS POINT HE SHUT THE AIRCRAFT DOWN AND CONTACTED ERIE ATC.  ERIE AIRPORT POLICE AND NORTH COAST FLIGHT SCHOOL MAINTENANCE  MET THE AIRPLANE AND REMOVED IT FROM THE GRASS.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIED BACK TO THE RAMP WITH NO APPARENT MAINTENANCE ISSUES.    THE STUDENT PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.

## Other reports on N9083B (1)

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

- [Incident 20050428014479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050428014479I), Apr 28, 2005: Piper PA28181 (N9083B), Lake In The Hil, IL, Minor damage. (-23) The pilot [privacy data omitted] was approaching to land Piper PA-28-181, N9083B, at lake-in-the-Hills airport, lake-in-the-Hills, Illinois, on April 28,…

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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