# Incident 20220110000429I: Piper PA-28-180, Springfield, IL, January 10, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 10, 2022, 12:30 local time
- Place: Springfield, IL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8017° N, 89.6437° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Springfield, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8017&lon=-89.6437&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8060W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8060W) (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: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 72 total, 72 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220110000429I

## Narrative

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

(1) DESCRIPTION:

"SPRINGFIELD, IL (SPI): N8060W, PA28 CHEROKEE, AFTER LANDING RUNWAY 31 AIRCRAFT EXITED THE RUNWAY AND CAME TO REST IN THE GRASS, CAUSING DAMAGE TO FRONT NOSE GEAR. AIRCRAFT WILL BE TUGGED TO THE HANGAR, AT SERVICES PROVIDED BY SPI ATC, POB: 1, INJURIES: NONE, DAMAGE: EXTENT UNKNOWN. 01/10/2022 2230Z?

(2) CAUSAL AND/OR CONTRIBUTING FACTORS:

THE PILOT STATED IT WAS A GOOD DAY SO HE WENT UP TO PRACTICE PATTERN WORK. THE PILOT STATED ON HIS SECOND LANDING HE ENCOUNTERED WINDSHEAR AT ABOUT 1 FOOT AGL. THE PILOT STATED THE AIRCRAFT VEERED SIDEWAYS AND HE BEGAN TO WHEELBARROW. THE PILOT STATED HE OVERCORRECTED AND AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT, INTO THE GRASS. THE PILOT STATED THE BAGGAGE DOOR HINGE WAS LOOSE, AND DUE TO ALL THE COMMOTION, OPENED AND A RED TOOL BOX DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT STATED THE TOOL BOX FLEW OPEN AND HIS TOOLS WERE SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE GRASS AREA BUT NOT ON THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT STATED, THE RED TOOL BOX WAS SECURED IN THE BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT BUT MUST HAVE COME LOOSE. THE PILOT STATED THE EVENT OCCURRED AROUND NOON.

(3) "ATC" AND RATIONAL IF ATC ACTIONS CONTRIBUTED TO THE EVENT:

NONE.

(4) RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SYSTEMIC CORRECTIVE ACTION:

EVENT NOT BASED ON A SYSTEMATIC ERROR. THE PILOT MADE A MISTAKE IN JUDGEMENT AND LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT ON LANDING.

(5) ACTIONS TAKEN TO ADDRESS THE TRANSGRESSION:

THE PILOT STATED, HE WILL REVIEW WITH HIS FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR.

(6) OTHER COMMENTS:

NONE.

(7) INVESTIGATION:

ABRAHAM LINCOLN-CAPITAL AIRPORT, SPRINGFIELD AIRPORT AUTHORITY?S  DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, PROVIDED THE INVESTIGATING INSPECTOR WITH CLOSED CIRCUIT TELEVISION (CCTV) SECURITY VIDEO FOOTAGE OF THE INCIDENT. THE VIDEO FOOTAGE DIPICTED THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTING THE RUNWAY AND SLIDING SIDEWAYS THROUGH THE GRASS. THE VIDEO DID NOT SHOW THE AIRCRAFT WHEELBARROWING. THE VIDEO FOOTAGE SHOWED THE RED TOOLBOX DEPARTING THE AIRCRAFT. THE INVESTIGATION FOUND NO REGULATORY VIOLATIONS.

(8) ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS (RCA):

THIS DEVIATION WAS DUE TO THE PILOT BECOMING DISTACTED AND LOSING CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT ON LANDING.

(9) CORRECTIVE ACTION:

ASI CLOSED THE INCIDENT WITH OF COUNSELING.

(10) COMMENTS:

ASI USED COUNSELING. ASI IS SATISFIED THE PILOT'S CORRECTIVE ACTIONS AND IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW PERSONAL POLICIES, FULLY ADDRESS THE IDENTIFIED CAUSE. ASI RECOMMENDS CONTINUED FOLLOW-UP WITH THE STUDENT?S CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR.

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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