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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-180 · Oxford, CT · December 18, 2000

Date: December 18, 2000 · 12:50 local
Place: Oxford, CT
Airport: Waterbury-Oxford
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N787BR
Reported as: Piper PA28180
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,000 total500 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

N787BRRegistered now · Piper PA-28-180S/N 28-2091 · Built 1965 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180 Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23)privacy data omittedwas practicing touch and go landings on runway 36 at Waterbury-Oxford Airport. Upon landingprivacy data omittedwritten statement indicated that as he was landing the wind picked up the wing and the pilot,privacy data omittedpushed nose down, thus striking the propeller and bending the nose gear strut. The winds were reported 290 degrees @8KTS, gusting to 17KTS. Clear sky, temp-1C dew -9C, alt 29.93.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)^PRIVACY DATA^WAS PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 36 AT WATERBURY-OXFORD AIRPORT. UPON LANDING^PRIVACY DATA ^WRITTEN STATEMENT INDICATED THAT AS HE WAS LANDING THE WIND PICKED UP THE WING AND THE PILOT,^PRIVACY DATA^PUSHED NOSE DOWN, THUS STRIKING THE PROPELLER AND BENDING THE NOSE GEAR STRUT. THE WINDS WERE REPORTED 290 DEGREES @8KTS, GUSTING TO 17KTS. CLEAR SKY, TEMP-1C DEW -9C, ALT 29.93.