# Incident 19960519019369I: Piper PA28181, Oxford, CT, May 19, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 19, 1996, 12:30 local time
- Place: Oxford, CT
- Airport: Waterbury-Oxford
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4783° N, 73.1352° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WATERBURY-OXFORD (OXC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4783&lon=-73.1352&mi=10
- Aircraft: N84611, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N84611-1998-05-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 120 total, 120 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960519019369I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT WAS OBSERVED TO BOUNCE AFTER INITIAL TOUCHDOWN. PILOT STATED THAT HE RETRACTED THE FLAPS AND LANDED HARD AGAIN. WITNESSES STATE THAT HE PORPOISED THE AIRCRAFT 5-6 TIMES AND THEN THE NOSE WHEEL FORK BROKE. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE RUNWAY ON THE NOSE GEAR OLEO STRUT. THE PROPELLER TIPS WERE BOTH BENT. NO FIREWALL OR COWLING DAMAGE WAS EVIDENT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ NO FURTHER ACTION REQUIRED.

## Other reports on N84611 (4)

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

- [Accident 19970713047859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970713047859A), Jul 13, 1997: Piper PA28181 (N84611), Jerseycity, NJ, Substantial damage. (-16) Pilot mismanaged the aircraft fuel system and allowed the selected tank to run out of fuel, causing the engine to stop functioning.[privacy data omitted]
- [Incident 19961112039159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961112039159I), Nov 12, 1996: Piper PA28181 (N84611), Teterboro, NJ, Minor damage. Go around runway 24. Second try landed sans flare nose first. Folded nose gear prop strike porpoised. Slid 400FT.
- [Incident 19861216078809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861216078809I), Dec 16, 1986: Piper PA28181 (N84611), Teterboro, NJ. Tire failed on rollout. Runway blocked.
- [Incident 19841107065199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841107065199I), Nov 7, 1984: Piper PA28181 (N84611), Syracuse, NY, Minor damage. Pilot taxied off ramp into grass. Prop struck ramp edge curling tips.

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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