# Incident 20201011012059I: Piper PA-28-140, Worcester, MA, October 11, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 11, 2020, 09:35 local time
- Place: Worcester, MA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2626° N, 71.8023° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Worcester, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2626&lon=-71.8023&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5733U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5733U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (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-28-140
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201011012059I

## Narrative

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

PILOT CONTACTED ORH ATC FOR LANDING DIRECTIONS. ATC REPORTED TO PILOT AN OPTION FOR STRAIGHT IN ON RUNWAY 11 OR A DOWNWIND APPROACH ON RUNWAY 29.

PILOT REQUESTED A DOWNWIND APPROACH ON 29. ATC CALLED BACK AND REPORTED RUNWAY 29 WAS IN USE AND ASKED IF THE PILOT COULD DO A STRAIGHT IN APPROACH ON 11. PILOT CONFIRMED. WHILE ON FINAL, WITH FLAPS EXTENDED, ATC CALLED AND SAID WINDS WERE STARTING TO SHIFT IN AND ASKED IF PILOT WANTED TO TRY TO SET UP FOR ANOTHER RUNWAY. PILOT STATED PLANE WAS UNDER CONTROL, DID NOT NEED RUDDER OR CRAB TECHNIQUE TO STAY ON CENTER LINE, SO HE RESPONDED HE WOULD LAND ON 11. ONCE OVER THE RUNWAY, PILOT THROTTLED DOWN AND RIGHT BEFORE TOUCHDOWN THE PILOT STATED THE NOSE OF THE PLANE DRIFTED LEFT. UPON TOUCHDOWN THE PLANE VEERED SHARPLY TO THE LEFT. PILOT CALLED ATC AND REQUESTED IF SOMEONE COULD LOOK AT THE PLANE. ATC ASKED IF THE PILOT NEEDED A MEDIC AND THE PILOT RESPONDED NEGATIVE.  ATC PROVIDED TURN BY TURN INSTRUCTIONS TO THE PARKING RAMP AND AIRCRAFT TAXIED WITH NO FURTHER ISSUES NOTED.^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, THE COMPANY THAT OWNS THE PLANE, WAS CONTACTED AND DETERMINED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLYABLE AND RETURNED THE PLANE TO HOME BASE FOR REPAIRS.

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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