# Incident 20021003029509I: Piper PA28R201, Hillsboro, ND, October 3, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 3, 2002, 10:15 local time
- Place: Hillsboro, ND
- Airport: Hillsboro Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Sfl Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.3594° N, 97.0604° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HILLSBORO MUNI (3H4), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.3594&lon=-97.0604&mi=10
- Aircraft: N280ND, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N280ND) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201 (registry code 7102816, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R201
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 136 total, 16 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021003029509I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 10/3/2002 AT 1015 CDT, A PA-28R-201, N280ND OWNED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA AND FLOWN BY ANDREA DUFRESNE MADE A GEAR UP APPROACH TO LANDING ON RUNWAY 16 HILLSBORO, ND. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON A SOLO TRAINING FLIGHT AS PART OF A COMMERCIAL PILOT TRAINING CURRICULUM IN WHICH SHE IS ENROLLED. THE INVESTIGATION DISCLOSED THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE RUNWAY WHILE ATTEMPTING A POWER OFF LANDING WITH THE GEAR RETRACTED BENDING THE PROPELLER, SCRAPING THE STEP AND TAIL SKID. THE PILOT HEARING THE AIRCRAFT CONTACT THE RUNWAY EXECUTED A GO-AROUND AND MADE A TOUCH AND GO LANDING AT HILLSBORO THEN RETURNING TO GRAND FORKS WHERE THE DAMAGE WAS DISCOVERED DURING A POST FLIGHT INSPECTION. A POST INCIDENT ENGINE RUN UP WAS CONDUCTED BY PERSONNEL AT UND AND OBSERVED BY FAA INSPECTORS FROM THE FAR FSDO. THE ENGINE VIBRATED NOTICABLY BETWEEN 1800 AND 2200 RPM. WHEN ON SPEED THE GOVERNOR COULD NOT MAINTAIN A STEADY RPM AND AT FULL POWER THE RPM OVERSHOT THE RED LINE BY APPROXIMATELY 100 RPM. NO INJURY WAS REPORTED BY THE PILOT.

## Other reports on N280ND (2)

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

- [Incident 20170527013119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170527013119I), May 27, 2017: Piper PA-28R-201 (N280ND), Bedford, MA, Minor damage. Airman rented the aircraft to conduct currency. He departed nashua airport enroute to Bedford airport with the intention to conduct multiple landings before…
- [Incident 20101002048339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101002048339I), Oct 2, 2010: Piper PA-28R-201 (N280ND), Edgartown, MA, Minor damage. PIC reported that he forgot to put landing gear down. He stated that he used the check list but when he got to the landing gear item he he realized after fact…

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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