# Incident 20011022028319I: Piper PA38112, Louisville, KY, October 22, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 2001, 16:28 local time
- Place: Louisville, KY
- Airport: Bowman Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2280° N, 85.6637° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOWMAN FLD (LOU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2280&lon=-85.6637&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2488C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2488C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-38-112 (registry code 7103812, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-38-112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA38112
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 20 total, 20 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011022028319I

## Narrative

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

(-23) TOUCHDOWN ON MAIN GEAR. WHEN NOSE WHEEL TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRCRAFT PULLED TO THE LEFT. PILOT PUSH RIGHT RUDDER TO CORRECT BUT HAD NO EFFECT - AIRCRAFT WENT OFF RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS AND HIT A SIGN. NOSE WHEEL BROKE OFF. HARD BLADE STRIKE.

## Other reports on N2488C (1)

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

- [Accident 19870927056329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870927056329A), Sep 27, 1987: Piper PA38112 (N2488C), Winston Salem, NC, Substantial damage. Student made a hard landing. Aircraft porpoised and collapsed the nose gear.

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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