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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-161 · Fort Worth, TX · August 2, 2010

Date: August 2, 2010 · 15:15 local
Place: Fort Worth, TX
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N30726
Reported as: Piper PA-28-161
Reported engine: Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 140 total140 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N30726Registration cancelled Nov 3, 2018 · Piper PA-28-161S/N 28-7916090 · Built 1978 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-161 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

While practing takeoffs and landings the pilot experienced a vibration when the nose of the aircraft was lowered to the runway. The airman elected not to attempt a takeoff and noticed the aircraft began to drift of the runway. He attempted to correct with brake and nose wheel steering but the aircraft departed the runway. The nose wheel fork broke and the nose wheel separated from the strut. Both propeller blades were damaged. No other damage was noted.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE PRACTING TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A VIBRATION WHEN THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOWERED TO THE RUNWAY. THE AIRMAN ELECTED NOT TO ATTEMPT A TAKEOFF AND NOTICED THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO DRIFT OF THE RUNWAY. HE ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT WITH BRAKE AND NOSE WHEEL STEERING BUT THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY. THE NOSE WHEEL FORK BROKE AND THE NOSE WHEEL SEPARATED FROM THE STRUT. BOTH PROPELLER BLADES WERE DAMAGED. NO OTHER DAMAGE WAS NOTED.

Other reports on N30726 · 3

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

Incident 20170620013529ILanding: Touchdown · Waco, TXStudent pilot porpoised four or five times on landing before the nose gear collapsed.Jun 20, 2017 · Minor damage Incident 19880803052659IRoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · Chippewa Falls, WIOvershot runway on a crosswind landing. Did not know how to use the aircraft brakes.Aug 3, 1988 · Minor damage Incident 19791217046549ILevel Off Touchdown · Allentown, PAPilot landed gear up. Gear warning horn failed, automatic gear extension system did not function.Dec 17, 1979 · Reported as Piper PA28RT201 · Minor damage