19990331016469I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Toledo, OH · March 31, 1999

Date: March 31, 1999 · 15:53 local
Place: Toledo, OH
Airport: Metcalf Field Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N8486C
Reported as: Piper PA28140
Reported engine: Lycoming O320E2A
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 56 total2 in this make and model14 in the last 90 days

N8486CRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140S/N 28-7625120 · Built 1976 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

The pilot stated that he touch-down in a level altitute at 65-70 mph. The aircraft pitched forward causing the nose wheel to collide with the ground. The aircraft bounced three times, each time striking the ground with the nose wheel. The nose wheel finally broke and collapsed and the propellar struck the ground causing the aircraft to stop and the airplane rested on the propellar.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE TOUCH-DOWN IN A LEVEL ALTITUTE AT 65-70 MPH. THE AIRCRAFT PITCHED FORWARD CAUSING THE NOSE WHEEL TO COLLIDE WITH THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED THREE TIMES, EACH TIME STRIKING THE GROUND WITH THE NOSE WHEEL. THE NOSE WHEEL FINALLY BROKE AND COLLAPSED AND THE PROPELLAR STRUCK THE GROUND CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO STOP AND THE AIRPLANE RESTED ON THE PROPELLAR.