# Incident 20210108001559I: Piper PA-28-180, Menominee, MI, January 8, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 8, 2021, 08:15 local time
- Place: Menominee, MI
- Airport: Menominee Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.1267° N, 87.6385° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MENOMINEE RGNL (MNM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.1267&lon=-87.6385&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2221T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2221T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,578 total, 2,216 in this make and model, 43 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210108001559I

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 8, 2021 AT APPROXIMATELY 8:15 AM LOCAL TIME (CST), A PIPER PA-28-180, N 2221T, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OPERATED BY A PRIVATE PILOT, RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE WHEN IT WENT OFF THE RUNWAY UPON LANDING AND STRUCK A RUNWAY LIGHT AND THE PROPELLER STRIKING THE GROUND.

THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER TITLE 14 CFR  PART 91 WITHOUT A FLIGHT PLAN.  VISUAL FLIGHT RULES AND LIGHT WINDS WERE REPORTED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

THE PILOT ADVISED THAT HE WENT FOR A SHORT FLIGHT AROUND THE PATTERN IN ORDER TO WARM THE ENGINE FOR CONDUCTING AN OIL CHANGE.  WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH, HE FELT A SLIGHT CROSSWIND.  WHEN HE TOUCHED DOWN FOR LANDING, HIS FOOT WAS ON THE RUDDER PEDAL WHICH CAUSED HIM TO VEER OFF THE RUNWAY STRIKING A RUNWAY LIGHT AND THE SNOW ON THE GROUND SPUN HIS AIRPLANE AROUND AND IN THE PROCESS THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND.

THE KMNM WEATHER AT 07:56 WAS WINDS 020 AT 4 KNOTS, 10 MILES VISIBILITY, 2,000 OVERCAST CEILINGS.

THE PILOT'S FOOT ON THE RUDDER PEDAL AT THE TIME OF LANDING WAS THE CAUSAL FACTOR TO THIS INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N2221T (1)

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

- [Incident 20180422003999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180422003999I), Apr 22, 2018: Piper PA-28-180 (N2221T), Wisconsin Rapid, WI, Minor damage. Airplane attempting to land on runway 12 struck the snow on the right side of the runway with the nose wheel and right main wheel approximately 1000 feet from…

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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