# Incident 20030504008329I: Piper PA28140, Groton - New Lo, CT, May 4, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 2003, 10:45 local time
- Place: Groton - New Lo, CT
- Airport: Groton-New London
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3301° N, 72.0451° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GROTON-NEW LONDON (GON), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3301&lon=-72.0451&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1072Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1072Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 17 total, 17 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030504008329I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON THE FOURTH LANDING OF THE STUDENT PILOT'S FIRST SOLO FLIGHT, HE TOUCHED DOWN NOSE LOW AND BEGAN TO PORPOISE. ON OR ABOUT THE EIGHTH OSCILLATION THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER.

## Other reports on N1072Q (1)

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

- [Incident 20220226002919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220226002919I), Feb 26, 2022: Piper PA-28-140 (N1072Q), Groton, CT, No damage. On February 26, 2022 at 10:42PM local time, at Groton Airport (kgon) in Groton, CT, aircraft PA-28 N1072Q, [privacy data omitted]of kgon, operated by CFI and…

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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