# Accident 20080601834509A: Piper PA28180, Shafter, CA, June 1, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 1, 2008, 11:00 local time
- Place: Shafter, CA
- Airport: Shafter-Minter Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5044° N, 119.1969° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5044&lon=-119.1969&mi=10
- Aircraft: N28290 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 50 total, 35 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX08CA162](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08CA162) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080601834509A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 6/01/2008 A PA-28-140 WITH A STUDENT PILOT AT THE CONTROLS MADE A LANDING ON RWY 30 AT SHAFTER (MIT) FIELD AT APPROX 11:00 PDT.  THE PILOT STATES THAT UPON HIS ROLL-OUT THE NOSE COLLAPSED, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT, THE NOSE GEAR DUG IN THE INFIELD AN THE PROPELLOR STRUCK THE GROUND UNDER IDLE POWER.  UPON FURTHER ON-SITE INSPECTION BY A/W INSPECTORS, THE INCIDENT HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO AN 'ACCIDENT' DUE TO FIREWALL BENDING AND ENGINE MOUNT CRACKS.  ACCORDING TO THE A/W INSPECTORS THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED OFF THE RUNWAY AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED EVEN THOUGH THE NOSE GEAR HAD ALREADY FAILED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX08CA162](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08CA162), Jun 1, 2008: Piper PA-28-140 (N28290), Shafter, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's misjudged landing flare that resulted in a hard landing.

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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