20040620015449I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Big Bear, CA · June 20, 2004

Date
June 20, 2004 · 12:20 local
Place
Big Bear, CA
Airport
Big Bear City Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5983U
Reported as
Piper PA28140
Reported engine
Lycoming O320*
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
458 total267 in this make and model44 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) While attempting to land, the pilot encountered a wind gust which caused the aircraft to land hard, nose down. Aircraft sustained damage to the nose gear and propeller.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND, THE PILOT ENCOUNTERED A WIND GUST WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO LAND HARD, NOSE DOWN. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR AND PROPELLER.