# Incident 20250528005439I: Piper PA-28-140, Lakeland, FL, May 28, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 2025, 17:42 local time
- Place: Lakeland, FL
- Airport: Lakeland Linder International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9876° N, 82.0190° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKELAND LINDER INTL (LAL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9876&lon=-82.0190&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1748J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1748J) (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 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 258 total, 125 in this make and model, 39 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250528005439I

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 28, 2025 AT APPROXIMATELY 1725 EST, AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^A PIPER PA-28-140, DEPARTED PLANT CITY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KPCM) FOR LAKELAND-LINDER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KLAL), WITH THE PILOT ON BOARD AND NO PASSENGERS. ON APPROACH TO KLAL, THE PILOT ENTERED THE RIGHT DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 28 AND NOTED MILD TURBULENCE AS WELL AS A VISIBLE STORM CELL APPROXIMATELY 6 NAUTICAL MILES NORTHEAST OF KLAL. THIS WAS NOTED BY AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL (ATC), WHO THEN EXTENDED THE DOWNWIND LEG FOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DUE TO ANOTHER AIRCRAFT COMING IN ON LONG FINAL. AT APPROXIMATELY 1742 EST, THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT ON RUNWAY 28 AND WHEN ON ROLL OUT, THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO SHIFT LEFT (SOUTHWARD) DUE TO WINDS. THE PILOT INCREASED POWER AND ATTEMPTED TO STAY RIGHT TO REMAIN ON THE RUNWAY AND SET UP FOR A POSSIBLE GO-AROUND, BUT THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS SOUTH OF RUNWAY 28 SO THE PILOT POWERED DOWN AND ATTEMPTED TO KEEP THE AIRCRAFT STRAIGHT TO AVOID FLIPPING OVER. THE NOSE WHEEL SUNK INTO THE GRASS AND BROKE OFF/DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT RESULTING IN THE AIRCRAFT COMING TO AN ABRUPT STOP, A PROPELLER STRIKE/SUDDEN STOPPAGE, AND DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, ENGINE COWLING AND EXHAUST PIPE. THE PILOT SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES DUE TO THE ABRUPT STOP, AND THERE WAS NO MAJOR DAMAGE TO AIRPORT PROPERTY.

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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