# Incident 20200316005549I: Piper PA-28-151, Saint Augustine, FL, March 16, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 2020, 13:19 local time
- Place: Saint Augustine, FL
- Airport: Northeast Florida Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: JUFS
- Location: 29.9592° N, 81.3398° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Northeast Florida Regional Airport (SGJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9592&lon=-81.3398&mi=10
- Aircraft: N43080, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N43080) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-151 (registry code 7102805, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (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-28-151
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200316005549I

## Narrative

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

N43080 DEPARTED SGJ AT 1649Z ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN TO VQQ BEFORE RETURNING TO SGJ. WHILE ON FINAL FOR THE RNAV 09R INTO VQQ, TALKING TO VQQ TOWER, THE PILOT REPORTED HEARING A "THUMP" AND FEELING SOMETHING IMPACT THE LEFT WING.  THE PILOT DID NOT INFORM VQQ TOWER OR JAX APPROACH OF THE EVENT.  THEY CONTINUED ON THE APPROACH AND CONDUCTED A TOUCH AND GO AND RETURNED TO JAX APPROACH.  THEY FLEW TO SGJ, EXECUTING AN ILS 31 AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. UPON LANDING THE PILOT NOTED DAMAGE TO THE LEADING EDGE OF THE LEFT WING.

## Other reports on N43080 (2)

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

- [Incident 19930722028839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930722028839I), Jul 22, 1993: Piper PA28151 (N43080), Fernandina Beac, FL, Minor damage. Student pilot lost control after landing. Departed runway. Hit shallow ditch. Nose wheel collapsed.
- [Accident 19841209065469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841209065469A), Dec 9, 1984: Piper PA28151 (N43080), Daytona Beach, FL, Substantial damage. Progressive taxi, told to take first left. Mistook road for taxiway, hit a no taxiway sign with wing.

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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