# Incident 19960427013689I: Piper PA28140, Cedar Rapids, IA, April 27, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 27, 1996, 14:51 local time
- Place: Cedar Rapids, IA
- Airport: Cedar Rapids Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0083° N, 91.6441° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cedar Rapids, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0083&lon=-91.6441&mi=10
- Aircraft: N545CA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N545CA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 65 total, 65 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960427013689I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DEPARTED DAVENPORT, IA ON SOLO CROSS COUNTRY. ARRIVED CEDAR RAPIDS, IA AND WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 31. ATC NOTICED AIRCRAFT WAS APPROACHING RUNWAY 27 AND GAVE INSTRUCTIONS FOR A GO AROUND TO RUNWAY 31. THE STUDENT PILOT BECAME FRUSTRATED AND DURING THE LANDING LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT PERMITTING IT TO BALLOON ON TOUCHDOWN AND BOUNCE 3 TIMES BEFORE THE NOSEWHEEL COLLAPSED AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

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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