# Incident 20000722035869I: Piper PA28140, Wilkes Barre Sc, PA, July 22, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 2000, 18:35 local time
- Place: Wilkes Barre Sc, PA
- Airport: Wilkes-Barre Scranton International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3385° N, 75.7234° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON INTL (AVP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3385&lon=-75.7234&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55165, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55165-2009-12-09) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 140 total, 130 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000722035869I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED LEHIGH VALLEY INT'L (ABE) AIRPORT ON VFR FLIGHT TO WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON INT'L (AVP) AIRPORT ON SATURDAY, JULY 7, 2000, AT 6:00 P.M. THE PILOT'S FIRST LANDING AT AVP AIRPORT WAS A HARD LANDING, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO BOUNCE AND BECAME AIRBORNE. UPON BECOMING AIRBORNE, THE PILOT PUSHED THE CONTROL YOKE FORWARD, CAUSING THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY.  THE FRONT NOSE WHEEL BROKE OFF AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND WHILE RUNNING, CAUSING IT TO BEND.  DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIMITED TO THE NOSE WHEEL, PROPELLER, ENGINE AND BOTTOM COWLING.

## Other reports on N55165 (2)

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

- [Accident 20050513018919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050513018919A), May 13, 2005: Piper PA28140 (N55165), Dover, DE, Substantial damage. (-23) On may 13, 2005, about 2200 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-28-140 airplane, N55165, was substantially damaged during takeoff. The aircraft lost power…
- [Incident 20010829021899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010829021899I), Aug 29, 2001: Piper PA28140 (N55165), Allentown, PA, Minor damage. (-23) While rolling out after landing, the pilot noticed it took more rudder to control the direction of the aircraft. At the intersection of runways 6 and 31…

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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