# Incident 20020602011939I: Piper PA28181, Houghton Lake, MI, June 2, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 2, 2002, 10:30 local time
- Place: Houghton Lake, MI
- Airport: Roscommon County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.3011° N, 84.7499° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houghton Lake, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3011&lon=-84.7499&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1759H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1759H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 160 total, 48 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020602011939I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON LANDING THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AND DRIFTED TO THE LEFT AND OFF OF THE PREPARED SURFACE. UPON TOUCHDOWN THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WHEEL FORK WAS BROKEN CAUSING THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE GROUND.

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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