# Incident 19880309029409I: Piper PA28RT201, Melbourne, FL, March 9, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 9, 1988, 12:43 local time
- Place: Melbourne, FL
- Airport: Melbourne Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 28.0836° N, 80.6081° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Melbourne, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0836&lon=-80.6081&mi=10
- Aircraft: N517FT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28RT201
- Reported engine: CONT IO360C
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,300 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880309029409I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR ASSEMBLY COLLAPSED DURING A PRACTICE TOUCH AND GO LANDING. CAUSE IS UNDETERMINED.

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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