# Incident 20100816041919I: Piper PA-28R-200, Nampa, ID, August 16, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 2010, 09:00 local time
- Place: Nampa, ID
- Airport: Nampa Municipal
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.5813° N, 116.5231° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NAMPA MUNI (MAN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5813&lon=-116.5231&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6998N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6998N) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 720 total, 500 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100816041919I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT WAS LANDING AT NAMPA AIRPORT, THE GEAR POSITION INDICATORS INDICATED THE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN (3 GREEN).  DURING THE FLARE THE LEFT WING DROPPED, HE ADDED POWER TO LEVEL THE WINGS AND CONTINUED SETTLING TO THE GROUND, THE LEFT WING WAS STILL LOW AND THEN THE PROP STRUCK THE PAVEMENT.  THE PILOT ADDED FULL POWER AND ABORTED THE LANDING.  THROUGH COMMUNICATIONS WITH PERSONNEL ON THE GROUND THE PILOT WAS ASSURED THE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN AND THE LANDING GEAR POSITION LIGHTS WERE ALL GREEN.  HE PERFORMED A NORMAL LANDING AND SECURED THE AIRCRAFT.  AFTER SHUT DOWN HE WAS ABLE TO SEE THE TIPS OF THE PROP BLADES WERE BENT AFT.

## Other reports on N6998N (2)

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

- [Accident 19790603012689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790603012689A), Jun 3, 1979: Piper PA28R200 (N6998N), Crescent Lake, OR, Substantial damage. Attempt takeoff in high density altitude on soft pumice covered strip. Lifted off then impacted rwy,ground looped.
- [Incident 19780309015609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780309015609I), Mar 9, 1978: Piper PA28/ (N6998N), Winterset, IA, Minor damage. Pilot hit snow outside the snow-plowed area during touch & go. Instructor in right seat unable to stop the turn.

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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