# Incident 20100802050139I: Piper PA-28-161, Fort Worth, TX, August 2, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 2010, 15:15 local time
- Place: Fort Worth, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7254° N, 97.3208° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Worth, TX, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7254&lon=-97.3208&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30726, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N30726-2018-11-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (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-28-161
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 140 total, 140 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100802050139I

## Narrative

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

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 20170620013529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170620013529I), Jun 20, 2017: Piper PA-28-161 (N30726), Waco, TX, Minor damage. Student pilot porpoised four or five times on landing before the nose gear collapsed.
- [Incident 19880803052659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880803052659I), Aug 3, 1988: Piper PA28161 (N30726), Chippewa Falls, WI, Minor damage. Overshot runway on a crosswind landing. Did not know how to use the aircraft brakes.
- [Incident 19791217046549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791217046549I), Dec 17, 1979: Piper PA28RT201 (N30726), Allentown, PA, Minor damage. Pilot landed gear up. Gear warning horn failed, automatic gear extension system did not function.

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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