# Incident 20030503007519I: Piper PA28180, Decatur, IL, May 3, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 2003
- Place: Decatur, IL
- Airport: Decatur
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8346° N, 88.8657° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DECATUR (DEC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8346&lon=-88.8657&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3462R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3462R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030503007519I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE ON A TRAINING FLIGHT, THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD. THE NOSE WHEEL WAS CRUSHED AND THE PROPELLER CONTACTED THE PAVEMENT.

## Other reports on N3462R (1)

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

- [Incident 19920223006829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920223006829I), Feb 23, 1992: Piper PA28180 (N3462R), Decatur, IL. Engine quit on final. Landed in field short of runway. Suspect carburetor ice.

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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