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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Reidsville, NC · June 11, 2006

Date: June 11, 2006 · 10:25 local
Place: Reidsville, NC
Airport: Rockingham County Nc Shiloh
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N102LC
Reported as: Piper PA28140
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Student
Pilot’s flight hours: 27 total27 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N102LCRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140S/N 28-22860 · Built 1967 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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) The pilot was a student pilot who had planned on conducting a solo flight performing takeoffs and landings. On the first approach, the aircraft landed hard and bounced back into the air, then landed hard again. The pilot was able to gain control of the aircraft and go around. Observers on the ground noticed that the right main gear appeared to be severely damaged. Observers notified the pilot of an unsafe gear situation and a landing was made without causing more damage to the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT WAS A STUDENT PILOT WHO HAD PLANNED ON CONDUCTING A SOLO FLIGHT PERFORMING TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS. ON THE FIRST APPROACH, THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD AND BOUNCED BACK INTO THE AIR, THEN LANDED HARD AGAIN. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO GAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND GO AROUND. OBSERVERS ON THE GROUND NOTICED THAT THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR APPEARED TO BE SEVERELY DAMAGED. OBSERVERS NOTIFIED THE PILOT OF AN UNSAFE GEAR SITUATION AND A LANDING WAS MADE WITHOUT CAUSING MORE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.