# Incident 20250303001059I: Piper PA-22-150, Abingdon, VA, March 3, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 3, 2025, 14:45 local time
- Place: Abingdon, VA
- Airport: Virginia Highlands
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.6863° N, 82.0348° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VIRGINIA HIGHLANDS (VJI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6863&lon=-82.0348&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8837D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8837D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-150 (registry code 7102210, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-150) (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-22-150
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 985 total, 14 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250303001059I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED HE HAD A NORMAL APPROACH AND INITIAL LANDING.  CAUGHT A GUST DURING THE ROLL OUT AND THE TAIL STARTED OSCILLATING AND HE COULD NOT CATCH IT AND WENT OFF THE RUNWAY.

THE AIRPORT OPERATIONS MANAGER WAS A WITNESS AND SAID THE PILOT PULLED THE POWER ABOUT 20 FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY AND HAD A HARD LANDING, THEN LOST CONTROL.

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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