# Incident 19991025029559I: Piper PA28140, Louisville, KY, October 25, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 1999, 15:30 local time
- Place: Louisville, KY
- Airport: Bowman Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2280° N, 85.6637° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOWMAN FLD (LOU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2280&lon=-85.6637&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6164W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6164W) (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 certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 12 total, 12 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991025029559I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 25, 1999, A PIPER PA-28-140 SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AS A RESULT OF A HARD LANDING AT THE LOUISVILLE-BOWMAN AIRPORT, LOUISVILLE, KY. THE SOLO STUDENT PILOT WAS NOT INJURED AND DAMAGE WAS CONTAINED TO ONLY THE AIRCRAFT'S PROPELLER.  ACCORDING TO THE STUDENT'S INSTRUCTOR WHO OBSERVED THE INCIDENT FROM THE CONTROL TOWER, INDICATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT PORPOISED ON LANDING.  WEATHER CONDITIONS AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WERE VFR WITH CALM WINDS.

## Other reports on N6164W (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19830226008519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830226008519A), Feb 26, 1983: Piper PA28140 (N6164W), Midlothian, TX, Substantial damage. During takeoff after precautionary off airport landing, pilot aborted takeoff and flipped aircraft into a dtich.

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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