41.5650° N, 87.5460° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Lansing, IL, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
June 5, 1985 · 18:00 local
Place
Lansing, IL
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N28971
Reported as
Piper PA28201T
Reported engine
Lycoming O540J3A5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
60 total10 in this make and model40 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.
Student started to abort landing but reduced power and landed on nose. Damage to propeller and nose gear.
As the FAA filed it
STUDENT STARTED TO ABORT LANDING BUT REDUCED POWER AND LANDED ON NOSE. DAMAGE TO PROPELLER AND NOSE GEAR.