# Accident 20061211028169A: Piper PA28151, Danbury, CT, December 11, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 11, 2006, 14:30 local time
- Place: Danbury, CT
- Airport: Danbury Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3717° N, 73.4822° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3717&lon=-73.4822&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44635, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N44635-2013-06-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-151 (registry code 7102805, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28151
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 17 total, 17 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC07CA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07CA045) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061211028169A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AS STATED BY THE STUDENT PILOT AND THE CFI OBSERVING THE STUDENT PILOT'S FIRST SOLO FLIGHT ATTEMPT ON 12/11/2006. AT APPROXIMATELY 14:00 HOURS THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^ TAXIED TO THE CONTROL TOWER TO LET ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (CFI) OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE CFI ^PRIVACY DATA ^ WOULD OBSERVE HER FROM THE CONTROL TOWER. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^ TAXIED TO RUNWAY 35, DEPARTED NORMALLY, AND FLEW A RIGHT HAND PATTERN. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^ TOLD THE TOWER SHE INTENDED A FULL STOP ON THIS LANDING. HER APPROACH WAS FINE; THE LANDING WAS HARD, THE FIRST CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY KNOCKED OFF HER HEAD SET. THE AIRCRAFT BALLOONED AND THE SECOND HARD CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY BROKE OFF THE NOSE WHEEL. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^ THEN EXECUTED A GO AROUND. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^ WAS INSTRUCTED TO CLIMB TO 1,700 FEET, AND STAY IN A RIGHT HAND PATTERN TO RUNWAY 35 UNTIL THE AIRFIELD WAS CLEARED. AFTER THE THIRD TIME AROUND THE PATTERN, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^ LANDED ON RUNWAY 35 AT 14:30 HOURS, AND STOPPED PRIOR TO THE RUNWAY INTERSECTION. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^ WAS NOT INJURED AND EGRESSED THE AIRCRAFT ON HER OWN ABILITY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC07CA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07CA045), Dec 11, 2006: Piper PA-28-151 (N44635), Danbury, CT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's inadequate recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in a hard landing.

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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