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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA28180 · Winter Haven, FL · July 7, 2006

Date
July 7, 2006 · 10:00 local
Place
Winter Haven, FL
Airport
Jack Brown Spb
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N525JP
Reported as
Piper PA28180
Reported engine
Lycoming O360*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
25 total8 in this make and model8 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 July 7, 2006 at about 10:00 hours, the pilot privacy data omitted , holder of student pilot certificate privacy data omitted was operating his aircraft a Piper PA-28-180, N525JP during a supervised solo flight at the Winter Haven, gilbert field, Winter Haven, Florida. The pilot privacy data omitted was being supervised by his instructor privacy data omitted , holder of commercial pilot and certified flight instructor certificate privacy data omitted. The pilot privacy data omitted was executing his second solo touch and go landing when the scissors lever on the nose landing gear failed causing the aircraft to swerve to the left off of the runway collapsing the nose gear under the airplane. The scissors lever showed metal fatigue and twisted causing the loss of control of the nose gear on landing. The aircraft sustained minor damage with slight injury to the pilot. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the incident.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON JULY 7, 2006 AT ABOUT 10:00 HOURS, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ , HOLDER OF STUDENT PILOT CERTIFICATE ^PRIVACY DATA ^ WAS OPERATING HIS AIRCRAFT A PIPER PA-28-180, N525JP DURING A SUPERVISED SOLO FLIGHT AT THE WINTER HAVEN, GILBERT FIELD, WINTER HAVEN, FLORIDA. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^ WAS BEING SUPERVISED BY HIS INSTRUCTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ , HOLDER OF COMMERCIAL PILOT AND CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATE ^PRIVACY DAT^. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^ WAS EXECUTING HIS SECOND SOLO TOUCH AND GO LANDING WHEN THE SCISSORS LEVER ON THE NOSE LANDING GEAR FAILED CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO SWERVE TO THE LEFT OFF OF THE RUNWAY COLLAPSING THE NOSE GEAR UNDER THE AIRPLANE. THE SCISSORS LEVER SHOWED METAL FATIGUE AND TWISTED CAUSING THE LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE NOSE GEAR ON LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE WITH SLIGHT INJURY TO THE PILOT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.