# Incident 20250608009419I: Piper PA-32-300, Pierre, SD, June 8, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 2025, 12:00 local time
- Place: Pierre, SD
- Airport: Pierre Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.3827° N, 100.2860° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PIERRE RGNL (PIR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3827&lon=-100.2860&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5216S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5216S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540-K1A5 (registry code 41663, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-k1a5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32-300
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 214 total, 123 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/20250608009419I

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 8, 2025, AT 12:00 A PA-32-300, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT DURING TAKEOFF ROTATION WHEN THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE GROUND AND STRUCK SERVAL RUNWAY LIGHTS.  STRONG AND GUSTING WINDS PREVAILED, AND VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE, AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE PILOT HELD A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT KPIR ON JUNE 8, 2025 AT 11:59.

## Other reports on N5216S (2)

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

- [Incident 19860821076189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860821076189I), Aug 21, 1986: Piper PA32300 (N5216S), Kenmare, ND, Minor damage. Landed short of sod runway in gusting wind conditions.
- [Accident 19751014032929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19751014032929A), Oct 14, 1975: Piper PA32300 (N5216S), Flandreau, SD, Substantial damage. Acft porpoised aftr nose wheel entrd gopher hole.

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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