# Incident 19900729036219I: Piper PA28140, Waynesburg, PA, July 29, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 1990, 19:45 local time
- Place: Waynesburg, PA
- Airport: Greene County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9011° N, 80.1307° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GREENE COUNTY (WAY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9011&lon=-80.1307&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16490, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N16490) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16 total, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900729036219I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT MADE A HARD LANDING ON FIRST SOLO FLIGHT. NOSE GEAR BROKE OFF.

## Other reports on N16490 (3)

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

- [Incident 20060714014539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060714014539I), Jul 14, 2006: Piper PA28140 (N16490), Wheeling, WV, Minor damage. (-23) At 1540E, N16490, a PA28-140, landed on runway 21 and, while taxiing to the ramp, the aircraft struck four taxiway lights. Local authorities responded…
- [Incident 19820301014769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820301014769I), Mar 1, 1982: Piper PA28140 (N16490), Chesterfield, VA, Minor damage. On taxi for takeoff, passenger rendered pilot unconscious by choking. Airplane hit parked aircraft. All were drugged
- [Accident 19781015032181A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781015032181A), Oct 15, 1978: Piper PA28140 (N16490), Rocky Mount, NC, Substantial damage. Aircraft landed on top of N5957F. Other a/c was touching down at of accident.

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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