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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-180 · Beaumont Port A, TX · July 17, 1998

Date: July 17, 1998 · 12:55 local
Place: Beaumont Port A, TX
Airport: Jefferson County Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9415J
Reported as: Piper PA28180
Reported engine: Lycoming O360A3A
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 55 total15 in this make and model43 in the last 90 days

N9415JRegistered now · Piper PA-28-180S/N 28-3524 · Built 1966 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180 Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-5) Student pilot on his second solo cross country flight. Landed fast, bounced four times and hit very hard, in a nose down attitude. Both blades of the propeller struck the runway surface with resulting damage to both propeller tips. The impact also broke off the nose wheel pant which was found on the runway. The student pilot was able to taxi into the ramp. No other damage and no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

(-5) STUDENT PILOT ON HIS SECOND SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT. LANDED FAST, BOUNCED FOUR TIMES AND HIT VERY HARD, IN A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE. BOTH BLADES OF THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY SURFACE WITH RESULTING DAMAGE TO BOTH PROPELLER TIPS. THE IMPACT ALSO BROKE OFF THE NOSE WHEEL PANT WHICH WAS FOUND ON THE RUNWAY. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS ABLE TO TAXI INTO THE RAMP. NO OTHER DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES.