# Incident 20050306004659I: Piper PA28180, Jackson, MI, March 6, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 6, 2005, 13:22 local time
- Place: Jackson, MI
- Airport: Jackson County-Reynolds Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2604° N, 84.4621° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JACKSON COUNTY/REYNOLDS FLD (JXN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2604&lon=-84.4621&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9749J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9749J) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 50 total, 20 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/20050306004659I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ACCORDING TO PILOTS STATEMENT, PILOT DEPARTED ALLEGAN AIRPORT (35D) ENROUTE TO JACKSON AIRPORT (JXN). UPON REACHING THE JACKSON AIRPORT ON FLARE ABOVE THE RUNWAY THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED A STRONG WIND SHEAR THAT FORCED THE AIRCRAFT ONTO THE GROUND UNEXPECTEDLY UPON WHICH POINT THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED. AFTER THE BOUNCE THE PILOT ADDED FULL THROTTLE FOR A GO AROUND AND WAS HIT AGAIN BY THE WIND FORCING THE PLANE DOWN. AS THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE GROUND THE NOSE WHEEL BENT FROM THE FORCE AND FORCED THE AIRCRAFT OFF THE RUNWAY. AS THE AIRCRAFT LEFT THE RUNWAY SURFACE THE PROPELLER STRUCK SNOW ON THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP IN THE SNOW. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO TAXI THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO THE PARKING RAMP. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AS WELL AS THE NOSE FORK.

## Other reports on N9749J (1)

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

- [Incident 20061005029059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061005029059I), Oct 5, 2006: Piper PA28180 (N9749J), Lansing, MI. (-23) Aircraft departed lan, climbed out and leveled off at 2500 ft. engine began to run rough, pilot began turn to return to lan. Engine quit and pilot safely…

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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