19871104072629I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-38-112 · Danville, VA · November 4, 1987

Date
November 4, 1987 · 17:16 local
Place
Danville, VA
Airport
Danville Municipal
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2426A
Reported as
Piper PA38112
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
13 total13 in this make and model13 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.

Solo student made a hard bounced landing causing damage to the nose gear and propeller.

As the FAA filed it

SOLO STUDENT MADE A HARD BOUNCED LANDING CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR AND PROPELLER.