# Incident 19970722027809I: Piper PA28180, Burlington, VT, July 22, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 1997, 10:32 local time
- Place: Burlington, VT
- Airport: Burlington International
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.4924° N, 73.2395° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Burlington, VT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4924&lon=-73.2395&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9323J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9323J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 21,000 total, 100 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970722027809I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JULY 22, 1997 AT 1032 EDT N9323J, A PA-28-180 PILOTED BY JOHN W. PARKER, LANDED ON RUNWAY 33 AT BURLINGTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (BTV) STRIKING THE NOSE GEAR CAUSING IT TO COLLAPSE. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND THE PILOT AND HIS 2 PASSENGERS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT IS REGISTERED TO HAWK FLYING CLUB, INC. IN MASSACHUSETTS. AIRCRAFT DAMAGE CONSISTED OF THE ENGINE COWLING LOWER SURFACE, BOTH PROPELLER BLADES, NOSE GEAR AND STRUT, ENGINE MOUNT AND A SCRAPE ON THE LEFT SIDE LOWER WINGTIP. AIRCRAFT LOGBOOKS WERE NOT CARRIED ONBOARD THE AIRCRAFT. REQUIRED INFORMATION REQUESTED FROM CLUB PRESIDENT TO ANSWER HOTLINE COMPLAINT. MR. PARKER STATED HE MAY HAVE ENCOUNTERED WAKE TURBULENCE FROM A C-130 DOING TOUCH-N-GO'S IN FRONT OF HIM. THE WINDS WERE 320 DEGREES AT 9 KNOTS. BURLINGTON ATCT ORIGINALLY CLEARED N9323J TO LAND ON RUNWAY 1 AND AFTER 2 PORPOISE TYPE BOUNCES WENT AROUND AND REQUESTED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 33. N9323J MADE 2 PORPOISE TYPE BOUNCES DURING THIS LANDING BEFORE STRIKING THE NOSE GEAR AND CAUSING IT TO COLLAPSE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THIS REPORT IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N9323J (1)

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

- [Incident 20020126002629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020126002629I), Jan 26, 2002: Piper PA28R180 (N9323J), Lawrence, MA, Minor damage. (-23) Subject aircraft made a hard landing at Lawrence Municipal Airport (lwm) at 1550 hrs. Local, on January 26, 2002. Aircraft did a go around, had nose gear…

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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