What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Pilot landed hard on the nose gear. It collapsed.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT LANDED HARD ON THE NOSE GEAR. IT COLLAPSED.
FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Columbus, GA · June 15, 1979
- Date
- June 15, 1979 · 13:50 local
- Place
- Columbus, GA
- Airport
- Municipal
- Phase of flight
- Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules
- General operating rules (Part 91)
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Aircraft
- N6579W
- Reported as
- Piper PA28140
- Fatal injuries
- 0
- Pilot’s flight hours
- 2,300 total250 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
N6579WRegistration cancelled Aug 10, 2012 · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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.