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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-38-112 · Farmersville, OH · April 6, 1998

Date: April 6, 1998 · 17:00 local
Place: Farmersville, OH
Airport: Mcintosh
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2431F
Reported as: Piper PA38112
Reported engine: Lycoming O235L2C
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Student
Pilot’s flight hours: 112 total112 in this make and model13 in the last 90 days

N2431FRegistered now · Piper PA-38-112S/N 38-79A0437 · Built 1979 Airframe modelPiper PA-38-112 Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series4 cycle

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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 April 6, 1998, at 1700 EDT, a Piper PA-38-112, N2431F, registered to james l. johnson, carlisle, Ohio, had the nose landing gear collapse upon landing at Mcintosh Airport a private strip, Farmersville, Ohio while on a local pleasure flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time. No VFR flight plan was filed. The aircraft received minor damage. The student pilot was not injured. The flight originated at Mcintosh Airport, on April 6, 1998 at 1600 EDT. Cross tube of engine mount/nose gear assembly corroded in the area of the exhaust, causing nose gear to collapse upon landing.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON APRIL 6, 1998, AT 1700 EDT, A PIPER PA-38-112, N2431F, REGISTERED TO JAMES L. JOHNSON, CARLISLE, OHIO, HAD THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSE UPON LANDING AT MCINTOSH AIRPORT A PRIVATE STRIP, FARMERSVILLE, OHIO WHILE ON A LOCAL PLEASURE FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. NO VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT MCINTOSH AIRPORT, ON APRIL 6, 1998 AT 1600 EDT. CROSS TUBE OF ENGINE MOUNT/NOSE GEAR ASSEMBLY CORRODED IN THE AREA OF THE EXHAUST, CAUSING NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE UPON LANDING.