# Incident 19990331016469I: Piper PA28140, Toledo, OH, March 31, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 31, 1999, 15:53 local time
- Place: Toledo, OH
- Airport: Metcalf Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6639° N, 83.5552° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Toledo, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6639&lon=-83.5552&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8486C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8486C) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 56 total, 2 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990331016469I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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