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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-181 · Dalton, GA · October 30, 2001

Date: October 30, 2001 · 16:30 local
Place: Dalton, GA
Airport: Dalton Municipal
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N36511
Reported as: Piper PA28181
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Student

N36511Registered now · Piper PA-28-181S/N 28-7890520 · Built 1978 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-181 Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Student pilot was returning to Dalton, GA (dnn) from crossville, TN (csv) on a cross-country solo flight. He reported made a hard landing, nose first, onto runway 32 causing the airplane to porpoise, collapsing the nose landing gear in the process. A segment of the engine mount is broken and another segment is bent. There also appears to be damage to the firewall and structural damage just forward of the windshield, as evident by wrinkling of the skin surface. The propeller is "q-tipped" as a result of striking the ground.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) STUDENT PILOT WAS RETURNING TO DALTON, GA (DNN) FROM CROSSVILLE, TN (CSV) ON A CROSS-COUNTRY SOLO FLIGHT. HE REPORTED MADE A HARD LANDING, NOSE FIRST, ONTO RUNWAY 32 CAUSING THE AIRPLANE TO PORPOISE, COLLAPSING THE NOSE LANDING GEAR IN THE PROCESS. A SEGMENT OF THE ENGINE MOUNT IS BROKEN AND ANOTHER SEGMENT IS BENT. THERE ALSO APPEARS TO BE DAMAGE TO THE FIREWALL AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE JUST FORWARD OF THE WINDSHIELD, AS EVIDENT BY WRINKLING OF THE SKIN SURFACE. THE PROPELLER IS "Q-TIPPED" AS A RESULT OF STRIKING THE GROUND.