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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32-260 · Bad Axe, MI · July 18, 1983

Date: July 18, 1983 · 16:00 local
Place: Bad Axe, MI
Airport: Bad Axe
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N5525J
Reported as: Piper PA32260
Reported engine: Lycoming O540E4B5
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,000 total800 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N5525JRegistered now · Piper PA-32-260S/N 32-984 · Built 1967 Airframe modelPiper PA-32-260 Engine modelLycoming 0-540 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 bounced landing and allowed aircraft to porpoise. Collapsed the nose gear. Wheel was battered on outside rim.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT BOUNCED LANDING AND ALLOWED AIRCRAFT TO PORPOISE. COLLAPSED THE NOSE GEAR. WHEEL WAS BATTERED ON OUTSIDE RIM.