# Incident 20200808009289I: Piper PA-28-150, Sparta, MI, August 8, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 2020, 11:58 local time
- Place: Sparta, MI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1567° N, 85.7110° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sparta, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1567&lon=-85.7110&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5580W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5580W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-150 (registry code 7102804, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-150) (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-28-150
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 125 total, 99 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200808009289I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 08, 2020 AT 11:58 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME (EDT), A PIPER PA-28

AIRCRAFT, N5580W, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. AND OPERATED BY A PRIVATE PILOT FOR A PERSONAL FLIGHT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE WHEN IT VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS DURING A LANDING WITH 6KT CROSSWINDS. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS AND

LIGHT WINDS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THE PRIVATE FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) PART 91 WITHOUT A FLIGHT PLAN. THE PILOT AND THE PASSENGER RECEIVED NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM LUDINGTON, MASON CO. AIRPORT (KLDM) LUDINGTON, MI AT APPROXIMATELY 11:04 EDT. THE PILOT STATED THAT WHILE LANDING WITH WINDS FROM THE SOUTH, HE LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL, WHEATHERVAINED TO THE LEFT AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY.

WEATHER AT KGRR AIRPORT AT 15:53 ZULU WAS: WIND 200 @ 9KTS, VISIBILITY 10 STATUTE MILES, FEW AT 25000, TEMP 26 C DEW POINT 15 C AND ALTIMETER 3019.

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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