# Incident 19940220006859I: Piper PA28181, Bridgeport, CT, February 20, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 20, 1994, 14:56 local time
- Place: Bridgeport, CT
- Airport: Igor I Sikorsky Memorial
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1635° N, 73.1262° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Igor I Sikorsky Memorial Airport (BDR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1635&lon=-73.1262&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17AV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N17AV) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 86 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940220006859I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT HIT NOSEWHEEL FIRST AND THEN PORPOISED. NOSE WHEEL SHEARED OFF. CAME TO REST ON RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N17AV (2)

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

- [Incident 20240210002349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240210002349I), Feb 10, 2024: Piper PA-28-181 (N17AV), Wappinger Falls, NY, Minor damage. During instructional flight on approach to runway 24 at pou in the process of doing touch and go landings, the aircraft's main landing gear hit the airport's…
- [Accident 20010721038899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010721038899A), Jul 21, 2001: Piper PA28181 (N17AV), Mattituck, NY, No damage. (-23) At 1430 on 7/21/01, Mr. Teddy heichman, landed at Mattituck (21N) on runway 1, estimated touchdown point was a third of the way down the runway. Tire…

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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