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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-180 · Sioux Falls, SD · August 16, 2026

Date
August 16, 2026 · 11:21 local
Place
Sioux Falls, SD
Airport
Joe Foss Field
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2187T
Reported as
Piper PA-28-180
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
21 total16 in this make and model19 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

privacy data omitted Was in the tower pattern for rwy 3. The aircraft was cleared for the option rwy 3. Upon touching down the aircraft lost control and exited the rwy on the left side, around the intersection of rwy 9/27 and rwy 3. Aircraft came to rest off the left side of rwy 3 in the grass. Airport ops reported damage to the nose wheel, puncture in the right wing from an edge light, prop strike, and the right wing scrapped the pavement.

As the FAA filed it

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS IN THE TOWER PATTERN FOR RWY 3. THE AIRCRAFT WAS CLEARED FOR THE OPTION RWY 3. UPON TOUCHING DOWN THE AIRCRAFT LOST CONTROL AND EXITED THE RWY ON THE LEFT SIDE, AROUND THE INTERSECTION OF RWY 9/27 AND RWY 3. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF RWY 3 IN THE GRASS. AIRPORT OPS REPORTED DAMAGE TO THE NOSE WHEEL, PUNCTURE IN THE RIGHT WING FROM AN EDGE LIGHT, PROP STRIKE, AND THE RIGHT WING SCRAPPED THE PAVEMENT.