# Incident 19780624034339I: Piper PA28/, Purcell, OK, June 24, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 1978, 10:10 local time
- Place: Purcell, OK
- Airport: Chandler
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.7241° N, 96.8203° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHANDLER RGNL (CQB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7241&lon=-96.8203&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1760T (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28/
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 87 total, 5 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780624034339I

## Narrative

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

TAIL WHEEL PILOT WITH A TOTAL OF 5 HOURS WITH A NOSE WHEEL, HIT THE RUNWAY NOSE FIRST. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.

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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