# Incident 20100219028999I: Piper PA-28R-200, West Palm Beach, FL, February 19, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 19, 2010, 13:30 local time
- Place: West Palm Beach, FL
- Airport: North Palm Beach County Genera
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.8459° N, 80.2223° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORTH PALM BEACH COUNTY GENERAL AVIATION (F45), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.8459&lon=-80.2223&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55177, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N55177) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-200
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 40 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100219028999I

## Narrative

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

ON APPROACH PIC SELECTED THE LANDING GEAR TO THE DOWN POSITION.  THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DID NOT FULLY EXTEND, APPEARED TO BE HUNG ON THE NOSE GEAR WELL.  PIC ATTEMPTED TO GET THE NOSE LANDING GEAR TO EXTEND, UNSUCCESSFULLY.  FINALLY PIC LANDED THE ACFT ON THE MAIN GEARS AND NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT AND PROPELLER BLADES STRUCK THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N55177 (1)

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

- [Accident 20150713012959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150713012959A), Jul 13, 2015: Piper PA-28R-200 (N55177), Homestead, FL, Substantial damage. The aircraft touched down approximately 100 feet from the end of the runway. Runway abrasions were observed along the path and to where aircraft came to rest…

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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