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FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-180 · Belen, NM · September 27, 1997

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Date
September 27, 1997 · 08:00 local
Place
Belen, NM
Airport
Alexander Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Touch And Go Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4889T
Reported as
Piper PA28180
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
72 total65 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days
N4889TRegistered now · Piper PA-28-180S/N 28-7205217Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: on September 27, 1997, at approximately 08:00 MDT, a Piper PA-28-180, N4889T, registered to flying z aviation corporation, sustained propeller and nose landing gear damage as a result of a hard landing at Alexander Municipal Airport, Belen, NM while performing touch and go landings under part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan had been filed. The certificated private pilot was not injured and was unaware the aircraft had been damaged in the incident until the aircraft was shut down at albuquerque international airport where the morning flight originated and terminated. During a landing at Alexander muni (E80) Belen, NM the airplane "porpoised" and on the second bounce hit the runway hard enough to bend the nose wheel fork and both prop blades. The pilot aborted and went around for another try. After successfully landing on the second attempt, he did not check for damage but flew to albuquerque international airport (abq) albuquerque, NM (approximately 20 miles). The pilot stated "the plane did not vibrate and was climbing and performing near the pattern numbers". Not until the airplane was shut down in albuquerque and the damage noticed did the pilot consider the landing a problem.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON SEPTEMBER 27, 1997, AT APPROXIMATELY 08:00 MDT, A PIPER PA-28-180, N4889T, REGISTERED TO FLYING Z AVIATION CORPORATION, SUSTAINED PROPELLER AND NOSE LANDING GEAR DAMAGE AS A RESULT OF A HARD LANDING AT ALEXANDER MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, BELEN, NM WHILE PERFORMING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS UNDER PART 91. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED AND WAS UNAWARE THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN DAMAGED IN THE INCIDENT UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT WAS SHUT DOWN AT ALBUQUERQUE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHERE THE MORNING FLIGHT ORIGINATED AND TERMINATED. DURING A LANDING AT ALEXANDER MUNI (E80) BELEN, NM THE AIRPLANE "PORPOISED" AND ON THE SECOND BOUNCE HIT THE RUNWAY HARD ENOUGH TO BEND THE NOSE WHEEL FORK AND BOTH PROP BLADES. THE PILOT ABORTED AND WENT AROUND FOR ANOTHER TRY. AFTER SUCCESSFULLY LANDING ON THE SECOND ATTEMPT, HE DID NOT CHECK FOR DAMAGE BUT FLEW TO ALBUQUERQUE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (ABQ) ALBUQUERQUE, NM (APPROXIMATELY 20 MILES). THE PILOT STATED "THE PLANE DID NOT VIBRATE AND WAS CLIMBING AND PERFORMING NEAR THE PATTERN NUMBERS". NOT UNTIL THE AIRPLANE WAS SHUT DOWN IN ALBUQUERQUE AND THE DAMAGE NOTICED DID THE PILOT CONSIDER THE LANDING A PROBLEM.