19830108007319I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-38-112 · Sandusky, OH · January 8, 1983

Date
January 8, 1983 · 11:00 local
Place
Sandusky, OH
Airport
Griffing Sandusky
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2426C
Reported as
Piper PA38112
Reported engine
Lycoming O235L2C
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
36 total36 in this make and model12 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.

Nose gear collapsed on landing. Landed very close behind another aircraft. Found nothing wrong with nose gear.

As the FAA filed it

NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING. LANDED VERY CLOSE BEHIND ANOTHER AIRCRAFT. FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH NOSE GEAR.