# Incident 19980406009019I: Piper PA38112, Farmersville, OH, April 6, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 6, 1998, 17:00 local time
- Place: Farmersville, OH
- Airport: Mcintosh
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6959° N, 84.4486° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MC INTOSH (OH59), closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6959&lon=-84.4486&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2431F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2431F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-38-112 (registry code 7103812, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-38-112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA38112
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 112 total, 112 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980406009019I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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