20070815022549A

Accident · Minor damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Front Royal, VA · August 15, 2007

Date
August 15, 2007 · 19:30 local
Place
Front Royal, VA
Airport
Front Royal-Warren County
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6455R
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL07CA118
Reported as
Piper PA28140
Reported engine
Lycoming O320E2A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

(-23) Aircraft landed on runway 27 and started to bounce several times turning into an oscillation, lifting the nose gear off the ground. After several oscillations of the nose gear, the aircraft finally came back down collapsing the nose landing gear. Aircraft then slid to the left side of the runway center line and came to rest in the grass, approximately 30 feet past the 2,200 foot marker.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 27 AND STARTED TO BOUNCE SEVERAL TIMES TURNING INTO AN OSCILLATION, LIFTING THE NOSE GEAR OFF THE GROUND. AFTER SEVERAL OSCILLATIONS OF THE NOSE GEAR, THE AIRCRAFT FINALLY CAME BACK DOWN COLLAPSING THE NOSE LANDING GEAR. AIRCRAFT THEN SLID TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY CENTER LINE AND CAME TO REST IN THE GRASS, APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET PAST THE 2,200 FOOT MARKER.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.