# Incident 20210117003249I: Piper PA-28-140, Sherman, TX, January 17, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 2021, 13:10 local time
- Place: Sherman, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6357° N, 96.6089° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sherman, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6357&lon=-96.6089&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7216J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7216J) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 598 total, 126 in this make and model, 141 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210117003249I

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 17, AT APPROXIMATELY 13:37 THE FAA ROC CONTACTED AN ASI FROM THE NTX FSDO TO REPORT AN AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT/INCIDENT INVOLVING N7216J A PIPER PA-28-140 WITH TWO PERSONS ONBOARD, ACCIDENT/INCIDENT TOOK PLACE AT 13:10 AT THE SHERMAN AIRPORT KSWI. REPORT STATED THE AIRCRAFT WAS PERFORMING LANDING AND PILOT REPORTED HIGH CROSSWINDS CAUSING AIRCRAFT TO VEER LEFT OFF RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN A DITCH LEFT OF THE RUNWAY. ALL PERSONS ONBOARD EXITED AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES REPORTED.

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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