19790317008629I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Mebane, NC · March 17, 1979

Date
March 17, 1979 · 14:30 local
Place
Mebane, NC
Airport
Dimond Kay
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5704U
Reported as
Piper PA28140
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
110 total12 in this make and model0 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.

Hard landing broke off nose gear.

As the FAA filed it

HARD LANDING BROKE OFF NOSE GEAR.