# Incident 20241023016909I: Piper PA-28-140, Stillwater, OK, October 23, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 2024, 15:46 local time
- Place: Stillwater, OK
- Airport: Stillwater Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1614° N, 97.0859° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at STILLWATER RGNL (SWO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1614&lon=-97.0859&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5974U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5974U) (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 O-320-E2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 554 total, 5 in this make and model, 47 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241023016909I

## Narrative

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

PART 91, DAY, VFR FLIGHT IN THE PATTERN AT KSWO. STUDENT PILOT WITH CFI LANDED LEFT OF RUNWAY 35 CENTERLINE WHILE HAVING THE LEFT RUDDER PEDAL DEPRESSED. THIS CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO IMMEDIATELY DEPART THE RUNWAY AND STRIKE A TAXIWAY LIGHT PRIOR TO STOPPING IN THE GRASS WEST OF THE RUNWAY. AFTER COMMUNICATION WITH ATC, THE PILOT ELECTED TO TAXI THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO PARKING. NO INJURIES TO CREW OR PASSENGERS.

## Other reports on N5974U (1)

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

- [Accident 19770620015069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770620015069A), Jun 20, 1977: Piper PA28140 (N5974U), Titusville, PA, Substantial damage

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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