# Incident 20010725026709I: Piper PA28181, Mason, MI, July 25, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 25, 2001, 20:15 local time
- Place: Mason, MI
- Airport: Mason Jewett Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5658° N, 84.4232° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MASON JEWETT FLD (TEW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5658&lon=-84.4232&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6917D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6917D) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 34 total, 20 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010725026709I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 6, 2001, THE DETROIT FLIGHT STANDARDS DISTRICT OFFICE WAS INFORMED OF AN AIRCRAFT INCIDENT/ACCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT INVOLVED WAS N6917D, A PIPER 28-181, SERIAL NUMBER 28-8590061, THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING EVALUATED AT AEROGENESIS AVIATION IN MASON, MICHIGAN. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, MR. DEWAYNE B. GREGG, UPON LANDING THE AIRCRAFT AT MASON-JEWETT AIRPORT, THE NOSE WHEEL TIRE BLEW OUT. IT WASN'T UNTIL HE HAD SPOKEN WITH MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL AT AEROGENESIS AVIATION DID HE NOTICE THAT THE PROPELLER HAD SUSTAINED DAMAGE AS WELL. ON AUGUST 21, 2001, UPON ARRIVING AT AEROGENESIS AVIATION, I WAS ASSISTED BY THE DIRECTOR OF MAINTENANCE, LESLIE OJALA. MR. OJALA INFORMED ME THAT HIS FACILITY HAD EVALUATED THE DAMAGE AND IT APPEARED THAT THE PROPELLER* (CURLED TIPS), THE NOSE WHEEL TIRE (WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN REPLACED), AND THE NOSE WHEEL AXLE (BEING SLIGHTLY BENT) WERE THE ONLY DAMAGED D PARTS ON THE AIRCRAFT. HE ALSO INFORMED ME THAT THE ENGINE HAD BEEN SENT TO VICTOR AVIATION IN CALIFORNIA FOR A TEARDOWN REPORT. WITHOUT THE INFORMATION FROM THE ENGINE TEARDOWN REPORT, IT WOULD APPEAR THAT THIS OCCURRENCE SHOULD BE CLASSIFIED AS AN INCIDENT. *THE PROPELLER IS MANUFACTURED BY SENSENICH, MODEL NUMBER 76EM8S5-0-62, SERIAL NUMBER 24420K. THIS IS AN UNREPAIRABLE UNIT.

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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