# Incident 20070106001179I: Piper PA28R180, Millington, TN, January 6, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 6, 2007, 15:30 local time
- Place: Millington, TN
- Airport: Charles W Baker Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2785° N, 89.9330° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHARLES W BAKER (2M8), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2785&lon=-89.9330&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7563J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7563J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-180 (registry code 7102809, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R180
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,031 total, 980 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070106001179I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 6, 2007, AT APPROXIMATELY 1530 HRS. CDT, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS DOING TOUCH AND GOS AT CHARLES BAKER AIRPORT (2M8). THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ STATES THAT HE HAD COMPLETED FOUR (4) TOUCH AND GOS ON RUNWAY 36. DURING HIS FINAL LANDING, WITH THE INTENT TO COME TO A FULL STOP, THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AND BEGAN TO ROLLOUT ON THE RUNWAY WHEN THE NOSE GEAR BEGAN TO WOBBLE, SHAKE AND VIBRATE VIOLENTLY, THE NOSE GEAR THEN SUDDENLY COLLAPSED. THE PROPELLER CONTACTED THE RUNWAY SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE THE ENGINE STOPPED. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ STATED THAT HE FEELS STRONGLY THAT THE NOSE GEAR SHIMMY DAMPENER FAILED AND CAUSED THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE. AN EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AND NOSE GEAR DOORS CONSISTENT WITH STATEMENT FROM THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^. THE NOSE GEAR DOORS WERE SCRAPED AND SPLINTERED FROM CONTACT WITH THE ASPHALT RUNWAY SURFACE AND THE PARTIALLY RETRACTED NOSE WHEEL. A STATIC FUNCTIONAL TEST OF THE RETRACTABLE LANDING GEAR, WITH THE AIRCRAFT ON JACKS, REVEALED NO MALFUNCTIONS.

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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