20060327004359I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-181 · La Verne, CA · March 27, 2006

Date
March 27, 2006 · 12:38 local
Place
La Verne, CA
Airport
Brackett Field Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3006W
Reported as
Piper PA28181
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
70 total70 in this make and model15 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) On 03/27/2003, the lax FSDO was notified that a Piper PA-28-181 operating into Brackett airport experienced a nose gear collapse while landing. The aircraft was examined by the lax FSDO airworthiness inspectors and determined that the aircraft had only minor damage. The pilot was contacted by cell phone and he stated that was practicing landings. On this particular landing he experienced a nose up condition and when he attempted to correct it with forward pitch the nose hit the ground hard and collapsed. On 03/28/2003, inspector privacy data omitted contacted the operator privacy data omitted rented the aircraft to the pilot privacy data omitted privacy data omitted stated that the pilot privacy data omitted stated to him that his approach was too steep and too fast.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON 03/27/2003, THE LAX FSDO WAS NOTIFIED THAT A PIPER PA-28-181 OPERATING INTO BRACKETT AIRPORT EXPERIENCED A NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE WHILE LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT WAS EXAMINED BY THE LAX FSDO AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTORS AND DETERMINED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD ONLY MINOR DAMAGE. THE PILOT WAS CONTACTED BY CELL PHONE AND HE STATED THAT WAS PRACTICING LANDINGS. ON THIS PARTICULAR LANDING HE EXPERIENCED A NOSE UP CONDITION AND WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT IT WITH FORWARD PITCH THE NOSE HIT THE GROUND HARD AND COLLAPSED. ON 03/28/2003, INSPECTOR ^PRIVACY DA^ CONTACTED THE OPERATOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ RENTED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA^ ^PRIVACY^ STATED THAT THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^ STATED TO HIM THAT HIS APPROACH WAS TOO STEEP AND TOO FAST.