What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Solo student landed on the nose wheel. Nose gear broke.
As the FAA filed it
SOLO STUDENT LANDED ON THE NOSE WHEEL. NOSE GEAR BROKE.
FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-180 · Waterloo, IA · August 6, 1987
- Date
- August 6, 1987 · 19:13 local
- Place
- Waterloo, IA
- Airport
- Waterloo Municipal
- Phase of flight
- Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules
- General operating rules (Part 91)
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Aircraft
- N6603J
- Reported as
- Piper PA28180
- People aboard
- 1
- Fatal injuries
- 0
- Pilot’s flight hours
- 21 total21 in this make and model14 in the last 90 days
N6603JRegistered now · Piper PA-28-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 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.