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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-180 · Westfield, IN · March 10, 1978

Date: March 10, 1978 · 17:15 local
Place: Westfield, IN
Airport: Municipal
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N5169S
Reported as: Piper PA28180
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 360 total250 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N5169SRegistered now · Piper PA-28-180S/N 28-7105023 · Built 1970 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180 Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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.

Pilot touched down short of the plowed runway area. Nosed up.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT TOUCHED DOWN SHORT OF THE PLOWED RUNWAY AREA. NOSED UP.