# Incident 20010418008379I: Piper PA28181, Milford, UT, April 18, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 18, 2001, 19:50 local time
- Place: Milford, UT
- Airport: Milford Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3945° N, 113.0123° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Milford, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3945&lon=-113.0123&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8285Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8285Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (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 PA28181
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010418008379I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS. DURING THE FINAL TOUCHDOWN THE NOSE WHEEL STARTED TO SHIMMY.  THE NOSE GEAR FORK SPEERATED FROM THE STRUT SWERVING THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RIGHT AND CAUSING THE PROPELLER TO CONTACT THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED ON THE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET FROM THE STRUT FAILURE POINT.  UPON EXAMINATION, THE PILOT FOUND THE NOSE WHEEL AND FORK SEPARATED FROM THE LOWER STRUT BUT STILL ATTACHED TO THE SCISSORS LINK UNDER THE NOSE COWLING.

## Other reports on N8285Y (1)

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

- [Incident 20000820030229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000820030229I), Aug 20, 2000: Piper PA28181 (N8285Y), Tooele, UT, Minor damage. (-23)N8285Y was on final approach to land on runway 34 at tvl. Two notches of flaps were used and the wind was from northeast at 5 knots, the temperature was…

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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