20070320006749I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Moline, IL · March 20, 2007

Date
March 20, 2007 · 15:33 local
Place
Moline, IL
Airport
Quad-City
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N41949
Reported as
Piper PA28140
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
135 total110 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

(-23) The pilot was attempting to land in gusty wind conditions on runway 13 at the Quad cities airport. He flared high, added power to correct and then reduced power too quickly resulting in a hard landing which caused the nose gear mount to bend and the propeller to strike the runway.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND IN GUSTY WIND CONDITIONS ON RUNWAY 13 AT THE QUAD CITIES AIRPORT. HE FLARED HIGH, ADDED POWER TO CORRECT AND THEN REDUCED POWER TOO QUICKLY RESULTING IN A HARD LANDING WHICH CAUSED THE NOSE GEAR MOUNT TO BEND AND THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY.