# Incident 20230725008079I: Piper PA-28-181, Philadelphia, PA, July 25, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 25, 2023, 11:18 local time
- Place: Philadelphia, PA
- Airport: Northeast Philadelphia Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 4LGS
- Location: 40.0819° N, 75.0106° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORTHEAST PHILADELPHIA (PNE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0819&lon=-75.0106&mi=10
- Aircraft: N495LA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N495LA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-B4A (registry code 41867, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-b4a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-B4A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 50 total, 50 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230725008079I

## Narrative

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

AIRMAN OF A PA-28 PIPER ARCHER ON A SECOND SOLO FOR PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE WAS PRACTICING CLOSE PATTERN LANDINGS AT NORTHEAST PHILADELPHIA AIRPORT (PNE) ON RUNWAY 24.

ON THE SECOND LANDING, WHILE IN GROUND EFFECT AND JUST PRIOR TO THE WHEELS TOUCHING DOWN ON THE RUNWAY, THE AIRMAN HEARD A LOUD THUD ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRMAN BECAME DISTRACTED BY THE NOISE AND LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT WENT OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 24 AND INTO THE GRASS. AS THE AIRCRAFT WENT INTO THE GRASS IT MADE CONTACT WITH A RUNWAY DISTANCE SIGN. AIRPORT PERSONNEL WERE ABLE TO HELP GUIDE THE AIRMAN BACK ON TO THE RUNWAY WHERE IT WAS ABLE TO TAXI BACK TO THE RAMP UNDER ITS OWN POWER.

THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR SHEET METAL DAMAGE AND SOME BROKEN RIBS TO THE LEFT WING WITH NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N495LA (1)

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

- [Incident 20210827015069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210827015069I), Aug 27, 2021: Piper PA-28-181 (N495LA), New Bedford, MA, Minor damage. Aircraft landed runway 14 and veered off the left side of the runway striking a runway edge light causing damage to a single blade of the propeller. This was…

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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