# Incident 20001218024239I: Piper PA28180, Oxford, CT, December 18, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 2000, 12:50 local time
- Place: Oxford, CT
- Airport: Waterbury-Oxford
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4783° N, 73.1352° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WATERBURY-OXFORD (OXC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4783&lon=-73.1352&mi=10
- Aircraft: N787BR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N787BR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (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 PA28180
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001218024239I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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