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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-181 · Lafayette, IN · August 5, 2006

Date: August 5, 2006 · 13:30 local
Place: Lafayette, IN
Airport: Purdue University
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N7679F
Reported as: Piper PA28181
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Student
Pilot’s flight hours: 53 total25 in this make and model13 in the last 90 days

N7679FRegistered now · Piper PA-28-181S/N 28-7790215 · Built 1976 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-181 Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) August 5, 2006, the pilot privacy data omitted, a student pilot making his second solo cross-country flight, from warsaw, Indiana to Lafayette, Indiana, operating a PA-28-181, N7679F landed hard on runway 10 at the Lafayette in airport. This caused damage to the nose gear (flat tire) and to the propeller which struck the runway. The pilot privacy data omitted stated that he was high on the approach and "bounced" on his first contact with the runway. He states that he pushed forward on the control yoke, striking the nose gear on the second contact with the ground. There were no injuries to the pilot and the aircraft sustained minor damage. Aircraft was taken to Lafayette aviation for repairs.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AUGUST 5, 2006, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A STUDENT PILOT MAKING HIS SECOND SOLO CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT, FROM WARSAW, INDIANA TO LAFAYETTE, INDIANA, OPERATING A PA-28-181, N7679F LANDED HARD ON RUNWAY 10 AT THE LAFAYETTE IN AIRPORT. THIS CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR (FLAT TIRE) AND TO THE PROPELLER WHICH STRUCK THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY D^ STATED THAT HE WAS HIGH ON THE APPROACH AND "BOUNCED" ON HIS FIRST CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY. HE STATES THAT HE PUSHED FORWARD ON THE CONTROL YOKE, STRIKING THE NOSE GEAR ON THE SECOND CONTACT WITH THE GROUND. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. AIRCRAFT WAS TAKEN TO LAFAYETTE AVIATION FOR REPAIRS.