# Incident 20260420003719I: Piper Aircraft Inc PA-28-181, Fort Wayne, IN, April 20, 2026

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 20, 2026, 10:10 local time
- Place: Fort Wayne, IN
- Airport: Fort Wayne International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9785° N, 85.1952° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT WAYNE INTL (FWA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9785&lon=-85.1952&mi=10
- Aircraft: N860PU, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N860PU) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102832, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER AIRCRAFT INC PA-28-181
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 46 total, 44 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/20260420003719I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 20, 2026 AT APPROXIMATELY 10:10 LOCAL TIME AT THE FORT WAYNE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (FWA), ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 23. THE PILOT STATED THAT "THE TOUCHDOWN WAS FASTER THEN NORMAL AT 72 KNOTS INSTEAD OF THE NORMAL 66 KNOTS. THE AIRPLANE VEERED OFF TO THE LEFT ON THE RUNWAY AND THE PILOT STATED "THEY APPLIED RIGHT RUDDER TO CORRECT AND THEN BEGAN TO VEER BACK AND FORTH ON THE RUNWAY UNTIL EXITING THE RUNWAY ON THE LEFT SIDE AND GOING INTO THE GRASS." THE AIRPLANE WAS TAXIIED BACK ONTO THE GRASS AND TO THE RAMP FOR PARKING WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE AIRPLANE RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT FLAP. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

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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