# Incident 20090226001399I: Piper PA28180, Yuma, CO, February 26, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 26, 2009, 11:17 local time
- Place: Yuma, CO
- Airport: Yuma Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1057° N, 102.7144° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at YUMA MUNI (2V6), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1057&lon=-102.7144&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8349W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8349W) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 231 total, 231 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090226001399I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON FEBRUARY 26, 2009 PIPER 180 CHEROKEE SINGLE ENGINE AIRPLANE, N8349W, LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AT YUMPA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, CO.  DURING THE TRANSITION PHASE INTO GROUND EFFECT THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED OFF THE RUNWAY AND THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED THEN THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND, WITH ONE PASSENGER ONBOARD.  BOTH WERE NOT INJURED.  THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING TIP.  THE NOSE STRUT BENT OVER AND THE PROPELLER WAS SEVERLY BENT.  THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE FIREWALL.  THE WIND REPORTED AT THE TIME WERE FROM THE NNW AT 14MPH GUSTING TO 24 MPH.

## Other reports on N8349W (2)

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

- [Accident 20231129021479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231129021479A), Nov 29, 2023: Piper PA-28-180 (N8349W), Mckinney, TX, Substantial damage. Upon landing to runway student pilot on solo flight proceeded to apply flaps to down position on touchdown rollout. At which time the aircraft veered to the…
- [Incident 20110717014839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110717014839I), Jul 17, 2011: Piper PA-28-180 (N8349W), Vici, OK, Minor damage. Aircraft landed at Vici Airport runway 16 when the aircraft departed the side of the runway to the left. Subsequently collapsing the nose gear and damaging the…

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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