# Incident 20221221020049I: Piper PA-28-140, Manassas, VA, December 21, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 21, 2022, 14:20 local time
- Place: Manassas, VA
- Airport: Manassas Regional Airport/Harr
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7468° N, 77.4826° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Manassas, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7468&lon=-77.4826&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1250T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1250T) (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: 61 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221221020049I

## Narrative

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

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS CONDUCTING A TOUCH AND GO ON RUNWAY 34L AT HEF. AFTER LANDING THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RETRACT THE FLAPS FOR TAKE-OFF WHEN THE AIRPLANE BECAME UNSTABLE AND VEERED LEFT TOWARDS THE GRASS. THE PILOT ADDED ABRUPT RIGHT RUDDER WHILE ALSO APPLYING THE BRAKES, AND THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO SKID SIDEWAYS TOWARDS THE GRASS. THE LEFT MAIN GEAR ENTERED THE GRASS AND THE ADDED FRICTION OF THE GRASS COMBINED WITH THE BRAKES AND CONTINUED RIGHT RUDDER INPUT CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO TIP TO THE LEFT AND STRIKE THE LEFT WING AND PROPELLER ON THE GROUND.  THE AIRCRAFT EVENTUALLY CAME TO A STOP WHILE UPRIGHT. THE WINGTIP DAMAGE WAS MINOR AND THERE WERE NO INURIES.

## Other reports on N1250T (1)

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

- [Incident 19780423011119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780423011119I), Apr 23, 1978: Piper PA28140 (N1250T), Kearney, NE, Minor damage. Student pilot attempting takeoff in gusty crosswind lost directional control. Ran off side of runway.

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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