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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-235 · Overton, NV · June 5, 1996

Date: June 5, 1996 · 08:50 local
Place: Overton, NV
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N28WW
Reported as: Piper PA28235
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 285 in this make and model

N28WWRegistered now · Piper PA-28-235S/N 28-10910 · Built 1967 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-235 Engine modelLycoming 0-540 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: aircraft appeared to have stuck open primer valve causing engine to run at high power. Pilot used mixture to control power. Approach and landing was fast. On touch down aircraft porpoised and came back down, nose low, breaking nose gear and bending propeller. No NMAC report filed. No pilot deviation filed. This report and investigation are closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO HAVE STUCK OPEN PRIMER VALVE CAUSING ENGINE TO RUN AT HIGH POWER. PILOT USED MIXTURE TO CONTROL POWER. APPROACH AND LANDING WAS FAST. ON TOUCH DOWN AIRCRAFT PORPOISED AND CAME BACK DOWN, NOSE LOW, BREAKING NOSE GEAR AND BENDING PROPELLER. NO NMAC REPORT FILED. NO PILOT DEVIATION FILED. THIS REPORT AND INVESTIGATION ARE CLOSED.