# Incident 20000811027209I: Piper PA28181, Nantucket, MA, August 11, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 11, 2000, 12:15 local time
- Place: Nantucket, MA
- Airport: Nantucket Memorial
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2533° N, 70.0605° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NANTUCKET MEML (ACK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2533&lon=-70.0605&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8146A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8146A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000811027209I

## Narrative

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

(-23)THIS HARD LANDING WAS AFTER THE FACT, INVESTIGATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (NE-FSDO001) WHO DETERMINED THE DAMAGE WAS NOT SUFFICIENT TO BE CONSIDERED AN ACCIDENT.  DAMAGE CONFINED TO THE PROPELLER AND NOSE LANDING GEAR, NO INJURIES.  INFORMATION FROM OTHERS WHO HAD CONTACT WITH THE TOW OCCUPANTS OF PIPER N8146A IS THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING FLOWN BY ^PRIVACY DATA OM^ WITH PASSENGER AND ALSO A PRIVATE PILOT HUSBAND ^PRIVACY DATA OM^.  ON LANDING THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO BOUNCE AT WHICH TIME THE PASSENGER/PILOT HUSBAND TOOK OVER CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND RECOVERED CONTROL.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED BY NORWOOD AVIATION (OWD) WHO APPLIED AND WAS GRANTED A FERRY PERMIT BY INSPECTOR ^PRIVACY DATA O^ (NE-FSDO-01).  THIS WRITER  DID NOT INVESTIGATE THE INCIDENT OTHER THAN TO COMPILE THE INFORMATION IN THIS REPORT.

## Other reports on N8146A (1)

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

- [Incident 19830620034169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830620034169I), Jun 20, 1983: Piper PA28181 (N8146A), Redding, CA, Minor damage. Bounced and came down hard on nose wheel. Impact blew tire and broke off wheel assembly. Stopped on gear stub.

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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