# Incident 20211113019479I: Piper PA-28-140, Pawtucket, RI, November 13, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 13, 2021, 12:30 local time
- Place: Pawtucket, RI
- Airport: North Central State
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9207° N, 71.4914° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORTH CENTRAL STATE (SFZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9207&lon=-71.4914&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3940K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3940K) (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: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 106 total, 106 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211113019479I

## Narrative

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

ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13TH, 2021 AT 1230 LOCAL TIME, N3940K, A PIPER 28-140, WAS ON FINAL FOR RUNWAY 23 AT NORTH CENTRAL STATE AIRPORT (KSFZ). PREVAILING CONDITIONS WERE VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR). AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY PAVEMENT APPROXIMATELY 1,000 FEET FROM THE APPROACH END. DUE TO RECENT RAIN, THE NON-PAVED AREA WAS MUDDY AND THE AIRCRAFT SUNK INTO THE GROUND AND CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 35 FEET FROM THE PAVEMENT EDGE. IN THE PILOT?S STATEMENT, HE NOTED THAT HE HAD A CROSSWIND OF ROUGHLY 5 KNOTS FROM 160 DEGREES WHICH HE CORRECTED FOR BY FACING INTO THE WIND. ON TOUCHDOWN, HE STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO VEER TO THE RIGHT SO HE ATTEMPTED TO BRING IT BACK TO THE LEFT BUT BELIEVES HE OVERCORRECTED. HE ALSO STATED THAT HE INSTINCTIVELY APPLIED THE BRAKES TO SLOW THE AIRCRAFT DOWN. THERE WAS VISIBLE DAMAGE TO THE NOSE WHEEL AND LEADING EDGE OF THE RIGHT WING TIP. DRIED DIRT WAS ON THE ENDS OF BOTH PROPELLER BLADES, THE NOSE WHEEL, RIGHT LANDING GEAR, AND RIGHT WING TIP LEADING EDGE. NO DRIED DIRT OR DAMAGE WAS OBSERVABLE ON THE LEFT LANDING GEAR, LEFT WING OR HORIZONTAL STABILATOR. THE ENGINE EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN STOPPAGE AFTER THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE PAVED SURFACE OF THE RUNWAY. ON THE RUNWAY PAVEMENT, THERE WERE TWO BLACK TIRE MARKS CONSISTENT WITH THE AIRCRAFT EXITING THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT. THE DARKER TIRE MARK ALIGNS WITH A TRACK IN THE DIRT THAT LEADS TO THE NOSE WHEEL FINAL RESTING SPOT. AT THE EDGE OF THE PAVEMENT, THERE IS A SCRAP MARK THAT CONTINUES INTO THE MUD THAT CREATED A DEEP GOUGE IN THE MUD. THE MARKINGS AND THEIR DISTANCE FROM THE NOSE WHEEL MARKINGS ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE RIGHT WING TIP MAKING CONTACT WITH THE GROUND. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N3940K (1)

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

- [Accident 19730421009099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730421009099A), Apr 21, 1973: Piper PA28140 (N3940K), Taunton, MA, Substantial damage. Dmgd nose gr strut,prop,eng mount and r wing. Wind gusting 30K.

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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