# Incident 20020514011919I: Piper PA28151, Monroe, WI, May 14, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 2002, 14:30 local time
- Place: Monroe, WI
- Airport: Monroe Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6149° N, 89.5904° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MONROE MUNI (EFT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6149&lon=-89.5904&mi=10
- Aircraft: N151DS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N151DS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-151 (registry code 7102805, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28151
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 73 total, 72 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020514011919I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PA-28, N151DS SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO ITS PROPELLER, NOSE GEAR AND LOWER COWLING AS A RESULT OF A HARD LANDING AT MONROE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, MONROE, WISCONSIN ON MAY 14, 2002 AT 1430 CDT. THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND AND SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT, MICHAEL G. BUA REPORTED THAT HE HAD DEPARTED JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN FOR A VFR PROFICIENCY FLIGHT. HE STATED HE WENT TO MONROE BECAUSE THE WINDS WERE OUT OF THE NORTHWEST. MR. BUA STATED THAT HE DID ONE TOUCH AND GO ON RUNWAY 30 AND STAYED IN THE PATTERN FOR ANOTHER TOUCH AND GO. MR. BUA STATED THAT ON THE SECOND APPROACH, HE WAS A LITTLE HIGH AND FAST SO HE WENT TO IDLE ON THE THROTTLE AND FULL FLAPS. HE STATED HE GOT BACK ON A GOOD GLIDE PATH AT A SPEED OF 65KTS BUT THAT WHEN HE WAS OVER THE RUNWAY AT AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 35 FEET, A GUST OF WIND CAUSED THE RIGHT WING TO RISE. HE STATED HE CORRECTED FOR THE WIND BUT THE AIRCRAFT'S NOSE SUDDENLY PITCHED DOWN. MR. BUA STATED HE ADDED POWER BUT THE NOSE GEAR STRUCK THE RUNWAY AND COLLAPSED. MR. BUA STATED THAT HE THOUGHT THE AIRCRAFT HAD STALLED BUT HE DOES NOT RECALL HEARING THE STALL WARNING HORN. THE REPORTED WIND AT MONROE AT 1432 CST WAS 310 DEGREES AND 7 KNOTS.

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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