# Incident 20000217001449I: Piper PA38112, Beaver Falls, PA, February 17, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 17, 2000, 15:45 local time
- Place: Beaver Falls, PA
- Airport: Beaver County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: SKNS
- Location: 40.7725° N, 80.3914° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BEAVER COUNTY (BVI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7725&lon=-80.3914&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2607C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2607C-2013-07-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-38-112 (registry code 7103812, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-38-112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA38112
- Reported engine: LYC O235*
- Pilot flight hours: 720 total, 195 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000217001449I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT (BVI) BEAVER COUNTY AIRPORT ON 2-17-00, A STUDENT PILOT PORPOISED N2670C, PA-38-112, ON LANDING, ON RUNWAY 10/28 BENDING THE NOSE LANDING GEAR TO A RIGHT TURN ON THE FIRST BOUNCE.  WHEN THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR GOT THE AIRCRTAFT BACK ON THE ROUND, IT HIT A SNOW BANK ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY WHICH COLLAPSED THE NOSE GEAR AND DAMAGED THE PROPELLER CAUSING SUDDEN STOPPAGE OF THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE.

## Other reports on N2607C (1)

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

- [Incident 20050514008079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050514008079I), May 14, 2005: Piper PA38112 (N2607C), Conway, AR, Substantial damage. (-23) On 5/14/05 pm CST, Piper, tomahawk, PA-38, N2607C was conducting touch and go landings on runway 26 in Conway, AR. The CFI was [privacy data omitted] and…

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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