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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-180 · Carlsbad, NM · August 17, 1996

Date
August 17, 1996 · 11:30 local
Place
Carlsbad, NM
Airport
Cavern City Air Trml
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7091W
Reported as
Piper PA28180
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A2D
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,700 total3,650 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

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: during landing the nose gear collapsed causing damage to the nose gear strut, propeller, engine mounts and minor skin damage to bottom side of engine compartment. No injuries to pilot or passengers.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: DURING LANDING THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR STRUT, PROPELLER, ENGINE MOUNTS AND MINOR SKIN DAMAGE TO BOTTOM SIDE OF ENGINE COMPARTMENT. NO INJURIES TO PILOT OR PASSENGERS.