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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-180 · Danbury, CT · February 18, 1995

Date: February 18, 1995 · 11:59 local
Place: Danbury, CT
Airport: Danbury Municipal
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N8463W
Reported as: Piper PA28180
Reported engine: Lycoming O360*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 43 total43 in this make and model43 in the last 90 days

N8463WRegistered now · Piper PA-28-180S/N 28-2701 · Built 1965 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180 Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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.

Narrative: according to the pilot in command, while turning off the runway onto the taxiway the nosegear collapsed. Witnesses stated that the pilot made the turn at a high rate of speed. Investigation revealed that the nose gear assembly sheared off of the strut. Pilot was counseled and is required to have two hours of dual instruction before further solo flight. This investigation is considered closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ACCORDING TO THE PILOT IN COMMAND, WHILE TURNING OFF THE RUNWAY ONTO THE TAXIWAY THE NOSEGEAR COLLAPSED. WITNESSES STATED THAT THE PILOT MADE THE TURN AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE NOSE GEAR ASSEMBLY SHEARED OFF OF THE STRUT. PILOT WAS COUNSELED AND IS REQUIRED TO HAVE TWO HOURS OF DUAL INSTRUCTION BEFORE FURTHER SOLO FLIGHT. THIS INVESTIGATION IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.