# Incident 20060805015619I: Piper PA28181, Lafayette, IN, August 5, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 2006, 13:30 local time
- Place: Lafayette, IN
- Airport: Purdue University
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4123° N, 86.9369° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PURDUE UNIVERSITY (LAF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4123&lon=-86.9369&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7679F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7679F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 53 total, 25 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060805015619I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.