# Incident 20000713027459I: Piper PA28161, Grand Forks, ND, July 13, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 2000, 16:50 local time
- Place: Grand Forks, ND
- Airport: Grand Forks-Mark Andrews International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.9196° N, 97.0873° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grand Forks, ND, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.9196&lon=-97.0873&mi=10
- Aircraft: N246ND, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N246ND) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 251 total, 224 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000713027459I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON 7-13-2000 AT 1650 CDT, A PA-18-161, N246ND OPERATED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA AND FLOWN BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^ UNDERSHOT RUNWAY 35R AT GRAND FORKS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, ND. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT PILOT WERE PRACTICING TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS.  THE AIRCRAFT STALLED AND TOUCHED DOWN SHORT OF THE RUNWAY, THE NOSE GEAR WAS SEVERED ON IMPACT WITH THE RUNWAY END ABUTMENT RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER BLADES.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 600 FEET FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY.  NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED TO THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR OR STUDENT PILOT.

## Other reports on N246ND (1)

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

- [Incident 20030407005969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030407005969I), Apr 7, 2003: Piper PA28161 (N246ND), Grand Forks, ND, Minor damage. (-23) While flying solo night cross country flight from Grand Forks ind. And making two touch and go landings, one at bemidji MN. And the second at thief river…

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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