# Incident 20010731024309I: Piper PA28140, Muscle Shoals, AL, July 31, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 2001, 16:15 local time
- Place: Muscle Shoals, AL
- Airport: Muscle Shoals Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7427° N, 87.6338° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Muscle Shoals, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7427&lon=-87.6338&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1732T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1732T) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,220 total, 556 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010731024309I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT STATED THAT THE APPROACH TO LANDING ON RUNWAY 29 AT MSL WAS NORMAL AND THE TOUCHDOWN WAS NORMAL UNTIL A GUST OF WIND MADE THE AIRCRAFT BALLOON. AT THAT POINT THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO PORPOISE AND HIT ON IT'S NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSING THE NOSE GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT SLID ON THE BROKEN NOSE GEAR AND THE ENGINE COWLING UNTIL STOPPED. DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE NOSE GEAR, ENGINE COWLING AND A PUNCTURE HOLE AFT OF THE FIREWALL ON THE BELLY. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE WEATHER WAS VFR, WITH HAZE AND VERY GUSTY WINDS.

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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