# Incident 20050120000959I: Piper PA28140, Omaha, NE, January 20, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 20, 2005, 15:55 local time
- Place: Omaha, NE
- Airport: Millard Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1960° N, 96.1123° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MILLARD (MLE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1960&lon=-96.1123&mi=10
- Aircraft: N459FL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N459FL) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 30 total, 30 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050120000959I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA^ A STUDENT PILOT, WAS PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS IN A PIPER PA-28-140, N459FL. ON HIS FIRST LANDING ATTEMPT HE BOUNCED THREE TIMES AND ON THE FOURTH TOUCHDOWN THE NOSEWHEEL AND YOKE SEPARATED FROM THE NOSE WHEEL STRUT. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY, SKIDDING ON THE NOSEWHEEL YOKE PLATE, AND THE PROPELLER WAS DAMAGED. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA^ SECURED THE AIRCRAFT AND EXITED WITH NO INJURIES. THERE WAS NO OTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE MOUNT, NOSEWHEEL STUT, OR TO THE FIREWALL.

## Other reports on N459FL (1)

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

- [Accident 19740426013079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740426013079A), Apr 26, 1974: Piper PA28140 (N459FL), Sandwich, IL, Substantial damage. Acft rolled off end of rwy,across a road and thru a snow fence.

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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