20040820018679I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Limington, ME · August 20, 2004

Date
August 20, 2004 · 13:50 local
Place
Limington, ME
Airport
Limington Harmon
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9862W
Reported as
Piper PA28140
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
145 total80 in this make and model10 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) Aircraft made a hard landing contacting the runway nose wheel first. Nose wheel axle broke, prop struck runway. Pilot shut down engine on runway. Day VFR personnel flight. No injuries. No other damage.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT MADE A HARD LANDING CONTACTING THE RUNWAY NOSE WHEEL FIRST. NOSE WHEEL AXLE BROKE, PROP STRUCK RUNWAY. PILOT SHUT DOWN ENGINE ON RUNWAY. DAY VFR PERSONNEL FLIGHT. NO INJURIES. NO OTHER DAMAGE.