# Incident 20220626009929I: Piper PA-28-140, Appleton, WI, June 26, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 26, 2022, 10:22 local time
- Place: Appleton, WI
- Airport: Outagamie County Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.2798° N, 88.3883° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Appleton, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2798&lon=-88.3883&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7595R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7595R) (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: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 240 total, 15 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220626009929I

## Narrative

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

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED RICE LAKE, WI (KRPD) FOR HOME BASE BRENNAND AIRPORT, NEENAH, WI (79C). BRENNAND AIRPORT WAS CLOSED BY NOTAM DUE TO CAR SHOW ON FIELD. PILOT OPTED TO LAND AT APPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KATW). KATW TOWER INSTRUCTED PILOT TO ENTER LEFT DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 30. WINDS DURING FINAL APPROACH WERE 260 DEGREES AT 18 KNOTS GUSTING TO 25 KNOTS. GROUNDSPEED SLOWED SIGINIFICANTLY DUE TO SUSTAINED HEADWIND/CROSSWIND. DURING FLARE THE WIND PICKED THE AIRCRAFT UP THEN DROPPED THE AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT SLAMMED ONTO THE RUNWAY AND VEERED TO THE RIGHT. PILOT HAD NO STEERING CONTROL AT THAT POINT. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST JUST OFF THE RUNWAY IN THE GRASS. NOSEWHEEL PANT HAD BROKEN IN HALF. NOSEWHEEL STRUT WAS BENT, FOLDING PARTIALLY UNDERNEATH THE ENGINE. PROPELLER STRUCK THE HARD SURFACE RUNWAY. TIPS WERE CURLED INWARD TOWARD THE COCKPIT. KATW TOWER CONFIRMED THAT THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND SENT THE AIRPORT FIRE AND RESCUE TO ASSIST.

## Other reports on N7595R (1)

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

- [Accident 20180907013259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180907013259A), Sep 7, 2018: Piper PA-28-140 (N7595R), De Pere, WI, Substantial damage. Pilot attempted a southern departure from a water saturated 2000 ft. grass runway. During departure roll out, pilot had difficulties gaining airspeed while the…

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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