19971007035379I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Friday Harbor, WA · October 7, 1997

Date
October 7, 1997 · 10:30 local
Place
Friday Harbor, WA
Airport
Friday Harbor
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N56429
Reported as
Piper PA28140
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
180 total20 in this make and model28 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: while landing at Friday Harbor, Washington on runway 16, the aircraft was floating, upon touchdown it bounced and then bounced a second time. The pilot added power to re-establish the landing attitude, but upon touching down again realized she had no directional control due to the damage to the nose gear. Prop was not damaged and no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: WHILE LANDING AT FRIDAY HARBOR, WASHINGTON ON RUNWAY 16, THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOATING, UPON TOUCHDOWN IT BOUNCED AND THEN BOUNCED A SECOND TIME. THE PILOT ADDED POWER TO RE-ESTABLISH THE LANDING ATTITUDE, BUT UPON TOUCHING DOWN AGAIN REALIZED SHE HAD NO DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DUE TO THE DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR. PROP WAS NOT DAMAGED AND NO INJURIES.