# Incident 20100517034449I: Cook Norman ZENITH TRI, Phoenix, AZ, May 17, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 2010, 09:50 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4484° N, 112.0740° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Phoenix, AZ, within about 13 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4484&lon=-112.0740&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3233U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3233U-2015-05-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cook Norman J ZENITH TRI Z (registry code 0564983, https://openairdocs.org/model/cook-norman-j-zenith-tri-z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: COOK NORMAN ZENITH TRI
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 0 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/20100517034449I

## Narrative

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

MR. PERMODA, STUDENT/OWNER, ON MAY 17, 2010, WAS PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO'S UNDER INSTRUCTION AT IWA.THE FIRST TOUCHDOWN WAS A HARD HIT ON THE LANDING GEAR. THE SECOND TOUCH AND GO. THE AIRCRAFT NOSE GEAR TOUCHED DOWN SWEARED TO THE RIGHT, AT WHICH TIME THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED FROM RIGHT TO LEFT. PROP STRUCK RUNWAY. THE WEATHER WAS CLEAR AND WIND WAS CALM.

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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