# Incident 19980717025029I: Piper PA28140, Stow, MA, July 17, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 1998, 12:45 local time
- Place: Stow, MA
- Airport: Minute Man Airfield Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4370° N, 71.5056° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Stow, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4370&lon=-71.5056&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9901W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9901W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 156 total, 55 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980717025029I

## Narrative

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

MR. FREDERIC P. MOSES STATED HE WAS FLYING IN THE PATTERN, APPROACHING TO LAND AT STOW MINUTEMAN AIRPORT(6B6) IN PIPER, N9901W. HE WAS ON FINAL FOR RUNWAY 21 WHEN HE REALIZED HE WAS GOING TO BE SHORT AN APPLIED FULL POWER. HOWEVER, HE STATED THE PLANE CONTACTED THE GROUND APPROXIMATLEY 50 FEET SHORT OF THE RUNWAY IN A MARSHY AREA. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AS THE PLANE CONTACED THE GROUND. MR. MOSES DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY INJURIES. N9901W WAS INSPECTED BY MYSELF AND INSPECTOR MAYER AT STOW, MINUTEMAN AIRPORT, MA. OBVIOUS MINOR DAMAGE WAS NOTED TO THE FOLLOWING AREAS, NOSE COWL DAMAGED, ENGINE MOUNT BROKEN, NOSE LANDING GEAR DAMAGED, AND ENGINE ACCESSORIES DAMAGED.

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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