# Incident 20071021824369I: Piper PA38112, Butler, PA, October 21, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 21, 2007, 18:10 local time
- Place: Butler, PA
- Airport: Butler County/K W Scholter Fie
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8616° N, 79.8962° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Butler, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8616&lon=-79.8962&mi=10
- Aircraft: N25163, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N25163-2017-06-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-38-112 (registry code 7103812, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-38-112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA38112
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 400 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071021824369I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 10/21/2007 A PA-38, N25163 WAS INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT AT APPROXIMATELY 1810 HOURS ON 21 OCTOBER 2007. ON RUNWAY 26 AT BUTLER AIRPORT THE AIRCRAFT MADE A HARD LANDING, SUBSEQUENTLY RESULTING IN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSING AND BREAKING OFF THE AIRCRAFT THEN DAMAGING THE UNDERSIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT AND NO PASSENGERS WERE ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM THE RUNWAY WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N25163 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19851205066079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851205066079I), Dec 5, 1985: Piper PA38112 (N25163), Alva, OK, Minor damage. During taxi to ramp, wingtip cap struck a pipe sticking out of a pile of sand.

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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