# Incident 20060707013159I: Piper PA28180, Winter Haven, FL, July 7, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 2006, 10:00 local time
- Place: Winter Haven, FL
- Airport: Jack Brown Spb
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.0222° N, 81.7329° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Winter Haven, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0222&lon=-81.7329&mi=10
- Aircraft: N525JP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 25 total, 8 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060707013159I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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