# Incident 20250314010869I: Piper PA-16, Wauchula, FL, March 14, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 14, 2025, 16:12 local time
- Place: Wauchula, FL
- Airport: Wauchula Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.5149° N, 81.8805° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WAUCHULA MUNI (CHN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.5149&lon=-81.8805&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5304H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5304H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-16 (registry code 7101602, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-16
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,164 total, 35 in this make and model, 58 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250314010869I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT LANDED AND VEERED RIGHT, WENT OFF THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS. TIRES DAMAGED, LEFT WINGTIP HIT THE GROUND.

## Other reports on N5304H (1)

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

- [Incident 19831003066439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831003066439I), Oct 3, 1983: Piper PA16 (N5304H), Wasco, OR, Minor damage. Blew a tire on landing. Veered off the runway into soft ground. Collapsed the landing gear.

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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