# Incident 20231213019349I: Piper PA-28-180, Lancaster, PA, December 13, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 13, 2023, 14:40 local time
- Place: Lancaster, PA
- Airport: Lancaster Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1224° N, 76.2944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LANCASTER (LNS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1224&lon=-76.2944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8941J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8941J) (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: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 158 total, 20 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231213019349I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT REQUESTED TO PERFORM A TOUCH AND GO ON RUNWAY 31 AT LANCASTER AIRPORT KLNS.  WINDS WERE GUSTY FROM RIGHT TO LEFT AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE RIGHT WING LIFTED ON THE AIRCRAFT CAUSING THE LEFT-WING TIP TO STRIKE THE LANDING SURFACE.  THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO GO LEFT AND PILOT FAILED TO INTRODUCE PROPER AILERON AND RUDDER CORRECTIVE ACTION.  THE AIRCRAFT SPUN APPROXIMATELY 270 DEGREES COMING TO REST IN THE GRASS AND THE AIRCRAFTS RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUCK AND BROKE A TAKI LIGHT.  THERE WAS ONE OCCUPANT THE PILOT AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

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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