# Incident 20010128002849I: Piper PA28R180, Hazleton, PA, January 28, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 28, 2001, 14:30 local time
- Place: Hazleton, PA
- Airport: Hazleton Municipal Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9868° N, 75.9947° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HAZLETON RGNL (HZL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9868&lon=-75.9947&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3720T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3720T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-180 (registry code 7102809, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 260 total, 145 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010128002849I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS LANDING AT THE HAZELTON AIRPORT (HZL) HAZELTON, PA. ON RUNWAY 28. THERE WAS A CROSSWIND FROM THE RIGHT, THE PILOT ON TOUCHING DOWN DID NOT KEEP THE AIRCRAFT PARALLEL TO THE RUNWAY AND THE AIRCRAFT EXITED THE RUNWAY INTO A SNOW BANK, CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE, THE PROPELLER TO BEND AND THE ENGINE TO STOP SUDDENLY.

## Other reports on N3720T (1)

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

- [Incident 20000920023659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000920023659I), Sep 20, 2000: Piper PA28R180 (N3720T), Wilkes Barre Sc, PA, Minor damage. (-23)Pilot was landing on runway 22 at the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton international airport(avp). There was a crosswind out of the north. Pilot failed to keep the…

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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