# Incident 20230808010909I: Piper PA-28-180, Gardner, KS, August 8, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 2023, 11:10 local time
- Place: Gardner, KS
- Airport: New Century Aircenter
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8309° N, 94.8903° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEW CENTURY AIRCENTER (IXD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8309&lon=-94.8903&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44228, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N44228) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (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-28-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,525 total, 522 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230808010909I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT DEPARTED ON 18 FROM KUKL AND CLIMBED TO CRUISE ALTITUDE AT WHICH POINT HE ACTIVATED THE AUTOPILOT DIRECT TO KIXD. HE THEN CALLED THE KIXD TOWER FROM ABOUT 10 MILES TO THE SOUTHWEST AND WAS INSTRUCTED TO REPORT 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KIXD AND EXPECT THE RIGHT DOWNWIND FOR 18. HE THEN REPORTED WHEN 3.8 TO THE SOUTHWEST AFTER A BRIEF WAIT FOR RADIO TRAFFIC TO CLEAR. AT THAT POINT, THE PILOT DISCONNECTED THE AUTOPILOT AND BEGAN HIS DESCENT TO 2000 FEET FOR THE RIGHT DOWNWIND FOR 18. AT THE MID-FIELD RIGHT DOWNWIND FOR 18, HE CALLED THE TOWER AND WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON 18. SOMEWHERE DURING THIS TIME, A CESSNA JET RADIOED THAT THEY WERE TO THE EAST OF KIXD AND REQUESTED THE RNAV 18 APPROACH WITH THE IAF AT OGUCO. THE PILOT MADE HIS RIGHT BASE TURN, THEN A TURN TO FINAL AND COMMENCED THE LANDING ON 18.  THE TOWER CLEARED THE CESSNA JET TO LAND BEHIND HIS AIRCRAFT AND INSTRUCTED THE PILOT TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN ON TO 4-22.  AFTER LANDING, AS THE PILOT WAS TAXING, HE GRAZED THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND HIT A RUNWAY LIGHT BEFORE TURNING BACK ON TO RUNWAY 4-22. THE TOWER ASKED, IF HE STUCK THE RUNWAY LIGHTS AND RESPONDED, THAT HE HAD. THE PILOT TAXIED ON BRAVO TO THE RAMP AT ADVANCED AVIATION WHERE HE SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE AT APPROXIMATELY 11:30 AM.

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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