# Incident 20210212000979I: Piper PA-28-140, Port Clinton, OH, February 12, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 12, 2021, 12:45 local time
- Place: Port Clinton, OH
- Airport: Erie-Ottawa International Airp
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5163° N, 82.8695° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ERIE-OTTAWA INTL (PCW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5163&lon=-82.8695&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6919W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6919W) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 31 total, 31 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210212000979I

## Narrative

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

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ BEGAN HIS FLIGHT LESSON WITH HIS FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.  THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FROM ERIE-OTTAWA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (PCW).  THE PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS TO ACCOMPLISH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FIRST SOLO FLIGHT.  AFTER PRACTICING SOME MANEUVERS, THEY RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT AND COMPLETED 2 LANDINGS DUAL.  UPON COMPLETION OF THE SECOND LANDING, THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ENDORSED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LOGBOOK AND THE SOLO FLIGHT BEGAN. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ COMPLETED THE FIRST LANDING WITHOUT INCIDENT.  UPON THE SECOND TAKEOFF, THE WINDS SHIFTED SLIGHTLY, BUT STILL WITHIN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LIMITS.  DURING THE APPROACH AND LANDING, THE REPORTED WINDS WERE 040 AT 14 KNOTS (LANDING RUNWAY 9).  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED FLAT AND PREMATURELY (PRIOR TO AIRCRAFT STALL).  UPON INPUT OF LEFT RUDDER TO MOVE THE AIRCRAFT TO RUNWAY CENTERLINE, THE LEFT-MAIN BECAME AIRBORNE.  THE AIRCRAFT PROPELLER THEN STRUCK THE RUNWAY, FOLLOWED BY THE RIGHT WING TIP.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN THE SNOW OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.

CORRECTIVE ACTION INCLUDES: COUNSELING TO CFI ABOUT INSTRUCTING INITIAL SOLO STUDENTS AND PREVENTION OF FUTURE OCCURRENCES.  COUNSELING TO THE STUDENT PILOT ABOUT CONTINUING TRAINING AND EMPHASIS AREAS DURING SOLO FLIGHT WITH CROSSWINDS.

## Other reports on N6919W (1)

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

- [Accident 20150609007959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150609007959A), Jun 9, 2015: Piper PA-28-140 (N6919W), Swanton, OH, Substantial damage. Student on solo cross country flight was landing at Toledo Express (ktol) and lost directional control on landing/roll out. The airplane went off the right…

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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