# Incident 19871030073199I: Piper PA38112, Parkersburg, WV, October 30, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 30, 1987, 13:35 local time
- Place: Parkersburg, WV
- Airport: Wood County Airport Gill Robb
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2613° N, 81.5434° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Parkersburg, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2613&lon=-81.5434&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9603T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9603T-1991-01-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-38-112 (registry code 7103812, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-38-112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA38112
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20 total, 20 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871030073199I

## Narrative

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

SOLO STUDENT BOUNCED ON LANDING. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. SUSPECT STUDENT VIOLATION.

## Other reports on N9603T (1)

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

- [Incident 19830212008289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830212008289I), Feb 12, 1983: Piper PA38112 (N9603T), Columbus, OH, Minor damage. Disoriented on approach landed long. Overran runway into snow and grass. Made go-around and landed without incident

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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