# Incident 19870917069859I: Piper PA28181, Beckley, WV, September 17, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 1987, 11:20 local time
- Place: Beckley, WV
- Airport: Raleigh County Memorial
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7873° N, 81.1242° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RALEIGH COUNTY MEML (BKW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7873&lon=-81.1242&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2505Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2505Q-1999-08-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 81 total, 60 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870917069859I

## Narrative

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

SOLO STUDENT LANDED ON THE NOSE GEAR. GEAR COLLAPSED, AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE FOR 200 FEET. RECONTACTED THE RUNWAY

## Other reports on N2505Q (1)

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

- [Accident 19970315005939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970315005939A), Mar 15, 1997: Piper PA28181 (N2505Q), Nashville, TN, Substantial damage. Lost power near destination. Wing hit a tree landing in field. Fuel tanks were empty. (-23) aircraft ran out of fuel - aircraft burned more fuel than book…

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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