# Incident 20250827010709I: Piper Aircraft Inc PA-28-181, Eden Prairie, MN, August 27, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 27, 2025, 14:13 local time
- Place: Eden Prairie, MN
- Airport: Flying Cloud
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8275° N, 93.4586° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FLYING CLOUD (FCM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8275&lon=-93.4586&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7114J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7114J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102832, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360-A4M (registry code 42276, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-a4m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER AIRCRAFT INC PA-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360-A4M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 63 total, 63 in this make and model, 63 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250827010709I

## Narrative

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

THE STUDENT PIC WITH 8.5 SOLO FLIGHT HOURS WAS PRACTICING LANDINGS SOLO UNDER VARIABLE WINDS. THE PILOT SAID THE WINDS SHIFTED AS HE FLOATED FAR ON HIS LANDING. HE EXPERIENCED A WIND GUST AT TOUCHDOWN THAT PUSHED THE AIRCRAFT RIGHT. THE PIC STATED HE OVERCOMPENSATED LEFT, VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY WHERE THE LEFT SIDE OF THE EMPENNAGE STRUCK A RUNWAY LIGHT, DENTING THE LOWER AFT EMPENNAGE RESULTING IN MINOR DAMAGE.

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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