# Incident 20090218003159I: Piper PA28181, La Verne, CA, February 18, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 18, 2009, 11:30 local time
- Place: La Verne, CA
- Airport: Brackett Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0917° N, 117.7818° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BRACKETT FLD (POC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0917&lon=-117.7818&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2226N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2226N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (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 PA28181
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 77 total, 77 in this make and model, 77 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090218003159I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DISPATCHED BY OFFICE MANAGEMENT ON 2/18/2009 AT APPROXIMATELY 1300 HRS TO INVESTIGATE A REPORTED "PROP STRIKE" SUFFERED BY ONE OF BALLARD AVIATION'S PA-28'S OPERATED FROM BRACKET FIELD (POC) IN POMONA, CA.  INTERVIEWED THE A&P/IA EMPLOYED BY BALLARD AVIATION TO MAINTAIN SCHOOL AIRCRAFT, HE HAD ALREADY REMOVED THE PROPELLER AND COWLING FROM THE AIRPLANE (N2226N).  THE NOSE STRUT AND ENGINE MOUNT WERE VISIBLY BENT.  THERE DID NOT APPEAR TO BE AIRCRAFT SHEETMETAL STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IN THIS INSTANCE, EXCEPT THAT, WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED.  ACCORDING TO TOWER PERSONNEL THEY OBSERVED THE STUDENT-PILOT EXECUTE A "PORPOISED" LANDING THAT INCLUDED THE AIRPLANE BEING OPERATED IN THE DIRT SODDED AREAS ADJACENT TO THE TAXIWAY.  AIRCRAFT WAS THEN GROUND TAXIED TO TIEDOWN LOCATION AND INSTRUCTOR ARRIVED ON SCENE.

## Other reports on N2226N (3)

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

- [Incident 20180611015469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180611015469I), Jun 11, 2018: Piper PA-28-181 (N2226N), San Diego, CA, Minor damage. On 06/11/2018, 1501 PDT, N2226N, PA28, was doing pattern work on rwy 28L, Montgomery Field, CA (myf). Aircraft made a hard landing (porpouse) that damaged the…
- [Incident 20180208002099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180208002099I), Feb 8, 2018: Piper PA-28-181 (N2226N), San Diego, CA, Minor damage. After completing a night time landing in VFR conditions at kmyf, the aircraft was instructed to cross runway 28L and turn onto taxiway g. as the aircraft was…
- [Incident 19920705030529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920705030529I), Jul 5, 1992: Piper PA28181 (N2226N), Cabot, PA. Engine began to run rough while preparing to land for fuel. Elected to land in field.

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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