# Incident 20010327005079I: Piper PA28140, Bloomington, IN, March 27, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 27, 2001, 12:50 local time
- Place: Bloomington, IN
- Airport: Monroe County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1460° N, 86.6167° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MONROE COUNTY (BMG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1460&lon=-86.6167&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7373J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7373J-2012-04-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 40 total, 8 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010327005079I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE STUDENT WAS ON HIS FINAL CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT TO BLOOMINGTON, IN.THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AND FINAL APPROACH WAS NORMAL. THE PILOT FLARED AND TOUCHED THE MAIN GEAR FIRST ON RUNWAY 35 AT BMG. THE NOSE GEAR SETTLED ONTO THE RUNWAY, THE PILOT REACHED FOR THE BRAKE HANDLE WHEN THE NOSE SETTLED LOWER THAN NORMAL AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND. THE PILOT STATED ALL FLIGHT CONTROLS AND ENGINE CONTROLS WERE NORMAL. THE APPROACH AND LANDING, AS DESCRIBED BY THE PILOT WAS CONFIRMED BY THE TOWER CONTROLLER ON DUTY AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THE NOSE GEAR INNER LOWER TUBE BROKE. INVESTIGATION REVEALED A POSSIBLE PRE-EXISTING CRACK RESULTING IN NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE.

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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