# Incident 20250207000499I: Piper PA-28-181, Janesville, WI, February 7, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 7, 2025, 11:50 local time
- Place: Janesville, WI
- Airport: Southern Wisconsin Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6203° N, 89.0416° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SOUTHERN WISCONSIN RGNL (JVL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6203&lon=-89.0416&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4148V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4148V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER A&C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 90 total, 85 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250207000499I

## Narrative

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

ON FRIDAY FEBRUARY 7, 2025 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ A PIPER PA-28-181 DEPARTED KCMI AT 0955 FOR A INSTRUMENT CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT WITH ONLY THE PILOT ON BOARD. AT 1150 A PLANNED LANDING AT KJVL WAS MADE. DURING THE LANDING ON RUNWAY 32 THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED TO THE LEFT STRIKEING THE VASI ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY WITH THE LEFT WING TIP. THE AIRCRAFT SPUN 360 DEGREES AND CAME TO A STOP. AT THAT POINT THE PILOT NOTIFIED THE LOCAL ATTC. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING TIP. AFTER CONTACT WITH THE MKE FSDO THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO THE RAMP. THE WEATHER AT THE TIME WAS REPORTED VRB05KTS 10SM SCT100 BKN120 M05/M15 A3032.

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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