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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-151 · Blacksburg, VA · November 13, 2010

Date
November 13, 2010 · 15:45 local
Place
Blacksburg, VA
Airport
Virginia Tech Montgomery Execu
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N44749
Reported as
Piper PA-28-151
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
40 total10 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

On 11/13/2010, at 1545 local, a student pilot in a PA-28 was practicing landings at bcb. The pilot had returned from a cross-country and was working on the third practice landing. Post touchdown the aircraft began to bounce repetitively on the nose gear (longitudinal oscillation). This was insufficiently corrected for, resulting in nose gear damage and a prop strike.

As the FAA filed it

ON 11/13/2010, AT 1545 LOCAL, A STUDENT PILOT IN A PA-28 WAS PRACTICING LANDINGS AT BCB. THE PILOT HAD RETURNED FROM A CROSS-COUNTRY AND WAS WORKING ON THE THIRD PRACTICE LANDING. POST TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO BOUNCE REPETITIVELY ON THE NOSE GEAR (LONGITUDINAL OSCILLATION). THIS WAS INSUFFICIENTLY CORRECTED FOR, RESULTING IN NOSE GEAR DAMAGE AND A PROP STRIKE.