# Incident 20101113053109I: Piper PA-28-151, Blacksburg, VA, November 13, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 13, 2010, 15:45 local time
- Place: Blacksburg, VA
- Airport: Virginia Tech Montgomery Execu
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2094° N, 80.4121° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VIRGINIA TECH/MONTGOMERY EXEC (BCB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2094&lon=-80.4121&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44749, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N44749) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-151 (registry code 7102805, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (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-28-151
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 40 total, 10 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101113053109I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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