# Incident 20070624825629I: Piper PA28180, Troy, MI, June 24, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 2007, 12:30 local time
- Place: Troy, MI
- Airport: Oakland/Troy
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5429° N, 83.1779° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OAKLAND/TROY (VLL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5429&lon=-83.1779&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4352T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4352T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (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 PA28180
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,420 total, 2,300 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/20070624825629I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS FLYING ALONE PRACTICING TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS AND NOTICED DIFFERENCE IN THE HANDLING CHARACTERISTICS OF THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT THE WEIGHT OF HER NORMAL 250 POUND PASSENGER. THE LANDINGS WERE CONTINUALLY BOUNCING ONCE THE WHEELS CONTACTED THE RUNWAY. DURING APPROACH THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED ON THE RUNWAY AND CAME DOWN HARD ON THE NOSE GEAR STRIKING THE PROPELLER ON THE RUNWAY SURFACE. BOTH PROPELLER TIPS BENT AFT AND THE NOSE GEAR FAIRING WAS DESTROYED. THE PILOT DECIDED TO "GO AROUND" AND WHILE CLIMBING FOR ANOTHER APPROACH NOTICED THE AIRCRAFT HAD DECREASED CLIMB PERFORMANCE. THE PILOT MADE A SUCCESSFUL APPROACH, LANDING AND SHUT DOWN WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

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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