# Incident 20100131026849I: Piper PA-28-151, Lake In The Hil, IL, January 31, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 31, 2010, 14:00 local time
- Place: Lake In The Hil, IL
- Airport: Lake In The Hills
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2069° N, 88.3227° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKE IN THE HILLS (3CK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2069&lon=-88.3227&mi=10
- Aircraft: N32403, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N32403) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-151 (registry code 7102805, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-151
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 38 total, 38 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100131026849I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT ON A SOLO FLIGHT PRACTCING LANDINGS AT LAKE IN THE HILLS AIRPORT (K3CK) MISJUDGED THE LANDING.  AIRPLANE SUBSTAINED A HARD LANDING TOUCHING DOWN NOSE WHEEL FIRST, DAMAGING THE NOSE WHEEL HUB, NOSE WHEEL FAIRING AND STRIKING THE PROPELLER.  NO INJURIES.

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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