# Incident 20201014015899I: Piper PA-28RT-201, Xenia, OH, October 14, 2020 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: October 14, 2020, 18:30 local time - Place: Xenia, OH - Airport: Greene County - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 39.6831° N, 83.9408° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Xenia, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6831&lon=-83.9408&mi=10 - Aircraft: N8395Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8395Y) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Piper PA-28RT-201 (registry code 7102818, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28rt-201) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28RT-201 - Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER A&C - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor - Pilot flight hours: 6,021 total, 79 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201014015899I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED GREENE COUNTY AIRPORT (I19), RUNWAY 25 AT APPROXIMATELY 1730 (EDT) TO PERFORM SOME ANNUAL RECURRENT TRAINING. AFTER PERFORMING SOME AIRMANSHIP MANEUVERS THE AIRCRAFT HEADED TO THE SPRINGFIELD-BECKLEY AIRPORT (SGH) TO PERFORM DIFFERENT LANDING/TAKEOFF PROCEDURES ON RUNWAY 24 AND 15. WIND WAS REPORTED AS 190/09. AFTER THE THIRD LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED BACK TO GREENE COUNTY. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT, THEY TRIED CYCLING THE GEAR AGAIN BUT IT STILL DID NOT RETRACT. THEY HAD THREE GREEN LIGHTS SO THEY DECIDED TO LEAVE THE GEAR DOWN. AT GREENE COUNTY, THEY PERFORMED THE RNAV 25 APPROACH. WIND WAS REPORTED AS 180/13 BY CMH ATCT. WHILE PERFORMING THE CROSSWIND LANDING PROCEDURE, THE LEFT MAIN CONTACTED THE GROUND BEFORE THE RIGHT MAIN. AS THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED DOWN THE RUNWAY, THE PILOT STATED HE FELT A VIBRATION FROM THE LEFT GEAR AND ATTRIBUTED IT TO A FLAT TIRE. THE LEFT WING CONTINUED TO DESCEND AS THE AIRCRAFT SLOWED DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT KEPT MOVING TOWARDS THE LEFT EDGE OF THE RUNWAY AND RIGHT RUDDER/BRAKING INPUT COULD NOT STOP IT. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND INTO THE GRASS WITH THE LEFT WING TIP SLIDING IN THE GRASS. THE WING SKIN AROUND THE PITOT MAST ON THE LEFT WINGTIP WAS DAMAGED. THE LEFT MAIN GEAR STRUT WAS BROKEN IN TWO, ROTATED 90 DEGREES, WAS UNDER THE LEFT FLAP AND THE TIRE HAD DAMAGED THE FLAP. THE WHEEL/STRUT WAS STILL ATTACHED BY THE BRAKE LINE AND SQUAT SWITCH WIRING. THE TIRE WAS STILL INFLATED AND SHOWED SIGNS OF SCUFF MARKS ON THE OUTER EDGE. THE RUNWAY SHOWED SIGNS OF A WIDE SCUFF MARK FROM THE LEFT TIRE FOR 1,400 FEET. NO DAMAGE TO THE PROP OR NOSE GEAR. NO INJURIES TO THE OCCUPANTS. ## Other reports on N8395Y (3) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20150813014529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150813014529I), Aug 13, 2015: Piper PA-28RT-201 (N8395Y), Xenia, OH, Minor damage. Pilot was practicing a power off 180 landing in preparation for his commercial check ride. He forgot to put the gear down. Reviewed by dws 09/22/2015 - [Accident 19950311004779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950311004779A), Mar 11, 1995: Piper PA28RT201 (N8395Y), Wilmington, OH, Substantial damage. Right gear damaged striking snowbank on go around. From landing. Gear collapsed on emergency landing. (-23) on second approach to Clinton field, Wilmington,… - [Incident 19920219006719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920219006719I), Feb 19, 1992: Piper PA28RT201 (N8395Y), London, KY, Minor damage. Engine rough in flight. Forced landing at London. Found NR3 cylinder had come loose. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.