# Incident 20000913030329I: Piper PA28151, Omaha, NE, September 13, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 13, 2000, 16:02 local time
- Place: Omaha, NE
- Airport: Eppley Airfield
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3032° N, 95.8941° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EPPLEY AIRFIELD (OMA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3032&lon=-95.8941&mi=10
- Aircraft: N41558, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N41558) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-151 (registry code 7102805, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28151
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 35 total, 35 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000913030329I

## Narrative

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

(-23)AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATING BY STUDENT PILOT IN A SOLO FLIGHT. UPON LANDING AT EPPLY AIRFIELD, OMAHA, NEBRASKA, THE STUDENT PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE STEERING AND THE AIRCRAFT LEFT THE RUNWAY.UPON ENTERING THE GRASS,THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED ALLOWING THE STRUT TO FALL OUT.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE STUDENT PILOT WAS INJURED.  FURTHER INVESTIGAITON REVEALED ON LANDING THE LEFT MAIN SCISSOR BOLT WAS MISSING ALLOWING THE WHEEL TO PIVOT; THEREFORE THE PILOT LOST CONTROL.  THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

## Other reports on N41558 (1)

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

- [Incident 19890617036699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890617036699I), Jun 17, 1989: Piper PA28151 (N41558), Washington, IL, Minor damage. Student became ill and landed. Later aborted takeoff due to lack of acceleration. Ran off end of runway into field.

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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