# Incident 19870329029709I: Piper PA28180, Manchester, NH, March 29, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 29, 1987, 15:06 local time
- Place: Manchester, NH
- Airport: Manchester Airport-Grenier Indus
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.9956° N, 71.4548° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Manchester, NH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9956&lon=-71.4548&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8917J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8917J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 116 total, 116 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870329029709I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NOSE WHEEL SHIMMY ON ROLLOUT THEN NOSE WHEEL TURNED LEFT. STRUT COLLAPSED CAUSING PROPELLER TO STRIKE GROUND.

## Other reports on N8917J (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20200710005039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200710005039I), Jul 10, 2020: Piper PA-28-180 (N8917J), Punta Gorda, FL, Minor damage. The pilot was attempting to land on runway 22 at kpgd, Punta Gorda Airport. The pilot said that he had already attempted to land once, and did a go-around due…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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