# Incident 20250917014219I: Piper PA-28-181, Sanford, FL, September 17, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 2025, 10:40 local time
- Place: Sanford, FL
- Airport: Sanford International Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: CE8S
- Location: 28.8228° N, 81.2633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANFORD (FL55), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8228&lon=-81.2633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N694LH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N694LH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102832, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-B4A (registry code 41867, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-b4a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-181
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 71 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250917014219I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATMENT: ON MY SECOND TRAFFIC PATTERN SOLO DURING MY FIRST LANDING BY MYSELF AFTER TOUCHING DOWN ON CENTERLINE SMOOTHLY WITH THROTTLE AT THE IDLE POSITION WHEN I GENTLY APPLIED MY BREAKS THE TAIL STARTED TO SWING BACK AND FORTH OUT OF CONTROL, I ATTEMPTED TO MAINTAIN CONTROL BY APPLYING RUDDER BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL AND WENT OFF THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS WHERE I APPLIED MORE BRAKE TO STOP THE

PLANE. I THEN CONTACTED SANFORD TOWER TO NOTIFY THEM I WENT OFF THE RUNWAY AND TURNED THE PLANE OFF AS I DID NOT THINK I COULD MANEUVER IT BACK ONTO THE CONCRETE. THEN ARFF APPEARED ON SCENE, ASKED HOW MUCH FUEL WAS ON BOARD AND ASKED TO TAKE A PICTURE OF MY STUDENT PILOTS LICENSE. SANFORD AIRPORT AND ACRON AVIATION THEN APPEARED ON SCENE AND TOWED THE PLANE OUT OF THE GRASS BACK TO THE MAINTENANCE HANGER.

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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