# Incident 20070320006749I: Piper PA28140, Moline, IL, March 20, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 20, 2007, 15:33 local time
- Place: Moline, IL
- Airport: Quad-City
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4600° N, 90.4929° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at QUAD-CITY (I04), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4600&lon=-90.4929&mi=10
- Aircraft: N41949, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N41949) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 135 total, 110 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070320006749I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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