# Incident 19971110043459I: Piper PA28R201, Burbank, CA, November 10, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 10, 1997, 19:13 local time
- Place: Burbank, CA
- Airport: Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airp
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1901° N, 118.3264° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Burbank, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1901&lon=-118.3264&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36458, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N36458-2019-01-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201 (registry code 7102816, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R201
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 546 total, 242 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971110043459I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PRIVATE PILOT WATSON WAS PERFORMING AN IFR PROFICIENCY FLIGHT IN N36458, A PIPER PA 28-R201, ON 11-10-97. AT 1830 PILOT FELT "SLIGHT THUMP" IN AIRFRAME AND ASSUMED A BIRD STRIKE. PILOT SELECTED GEAR DOWN FOR LANDING AT SMO. BUT RECEIVED NO NOSEGEAR DOWN & LOCKED INDICATION. EXECUTED MISSED APPROACH AND CONTINUED TO BUR AIRPORT. EXECUTED EMERGENCY CHECKLIST AND BRIEFED PASSENGER. NOSE GEAR FULLY COLLAPSED ON LANDING AT BURBANK. NO INJURIES TO PILOT OR PASSENGER. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N36458 (2)

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

- [Accident 20170409006229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170409006229A), Apr 9, 2017: Piper PA-28R-201 (N36458), Pontiac, MI, Substantial damage. Pilot was practicing touch and go procedures, on the third attempted landing right main and nose landing gear collasped. Investigation found landing gear…
- [Incident 20161205022279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161205022279I), Dec 5, 2016: Piper PA-28R-201 (N36458), Pontiac, MI, Minor damage. On 5 December 2016 a CFI and student were conducting a training flight. On a practice simulated emergency landing approach, they extended the landing gear, the…

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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