# Incident 20100403030709I: Piper PA-28-181, Fitchburg, MA, April 3, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 3, 2010, 09:45 local time
- Place: Fitchburg, MA
- Airport: Fitchburg Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5538° N, 71.7592° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FITCHBURG MUNI (FIT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5538&lon=-71.7592&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2227X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2227X) (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 PA-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 24 total, 24 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100403030709I

## Narrative

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

AS STATED BY THE STUDENT PILOT, MS LAURA P. ANDREWS: THIS WAS HER FIRST SOLO FLIGHT.  SHE WAS IN A LEFT PATTERN FOR RUNWAY 32 AT FITCHBURG, MA.  MS. ANDREWS BALLOONED THREE TIMES.  THE NOSE GEAR SEPARATED AFTER THE THIRD BALLOON.  THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY SEVERAL TIMES AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP ON THE CENTERLINE.  MS. ANDREWS STAYED IN THE AIRCRAFT UNTIL PERSONNEL FROM FITCHBURG CAME OUT TO GET HER.  MS. ANDREWS REPORTED NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N2227X (1)

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

- [Incident 19960706020989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960706020989I), Jul 6, 1996: Piper PA28181 (N2227X), Manchester, NH, Minor damage. Narrative: pilot quote: "after landing, went past "c" taxiway to taxiway "b" - trying to find taxiway "b" advised tower. I had run over something. I didn't…

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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