# Accident 19980724029919A: Piper PA28R201, Salina, KS, July 24, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 1998, 15:30 local time
- Place: Salina, KS
- Airport: Salina Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8106° N, 97.6109° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8106&lon=-97.6109&mi=10
- Aircraft: N177ND (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R201
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1C6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 90 total, 90 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI98LA284](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA284) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980724029919A

## Narrative

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

(-23) NOSE GEAR AND RIGHT MAIN COLLAPSED DURING LANDING. PROP STRUCK RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT, OFF THE RUNWAY. DAMAGE TO BOTH WINGS, ALL GEAR, FIREWALL, AND PROP. (.4)THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE WAS 10 FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY WHEN HE STARTED THE FLARE.  HE REPORTED THAT WHEN THE MAIN LANDING GEAR CONTACTED THE RUNWAY HE LET THE YOKE GO FORWARD.  HE REPORTED, 'ALL OF A SUDDEN THE NOSE OF THE PLANE WAS ON THE RUNWAY AND I [WENT] SKIDDING TO THE RIGHT.  I HAD SKIDDED ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE RUNWAY AND ONTO THE GRASS.' THE INSPECTION OF THE AIRPLANE REVEALED THAT THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR FORWARD TRUNION BEARING BROKE DOWNWARD WHILE THE AFT TRUNION BROKE UPWARD CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE TOP SIDE OF THE WING.  THE SAME ACTION CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE TOP SIDE OF THE LEFT WING.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI98LA284](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA284), Jul 24, 1998: Piper PA-28R-201 (N177ND), Salina, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot failed to flare the airplane properly and the airplane landed hard.

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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