# Incident 20260309002479I: Piper PA-28-140, Evansville, IN, March 9, 2026

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 9, 2026, 14:15 local time
- Place: Evansville, IN
- Airport: Evansville Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0408° N, 87.5285° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EVANSVILLE RGNL (EVV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0408&lon=-87.5285&mi=10
- Aircraft: N287P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N287P) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 1,198 total, 475 in this make and model, 118 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260309002479I

## Narrative

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

A PIPER PA-28-140 DEPARTED KEVV IN VMC CONDITIONS ON AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT. INSTRUCTOR HAD THE STUDENT PRACTICING CROSSWIND LANDINGS.  ON THE 5TH APPROACH AND LANDING, THE STUDENT CORRECTED FOR THE CROSSWIND WITH ONLY RIGHT RUDDER (NOT USING ALERION). THE INSTRUCTOR TOLD THE STUDENT TO ADD ALERION AS WELL. THE STUDENT OVERCORRECTED AND THE INSTRUCTOR SAID MY CONTROLS, BUT THE STUDENT DID NOT LET GO AND CONTINUED TO ADD LEFT AILERON IMPACTING THE LEFT-WING TIP ON THE GROUND.  ONCE THE STUDENT LET GO OF THE CONTROLS THE INSTRUCTOR CONDUCTED A GO-AROUND AND RETURNED FOR LANDING WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE POST FLIGHT INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT DETERMINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING TIP.

## Other reports on N287P (1)

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

- [Incident 20240213001499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240213001499I), Feb 13, 2024: Piper PA-28-140 (N287P), Evansville, IN, Minor damage. On 2/13/24 a student pilot was performing a cross-country solo flight from evansvill regional airport (kevv), Evansville, IN to marion municipal airport…

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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