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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Venice, FL · January 4, 2011

Date: January 4, 2011 · 17:10 local
Place: Venice, FL
Airport: Venice Municipal
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4221T
Reported as: Piper PA-28-140
Reported engine: Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Student
Pilot’s flight hours: 12 total12 in this make and model12 in the last 90 days

N4221TRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140S/N 28-7225097 · Built 1971 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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On January 4, 2011, at approximately 1710 EDT, a Piper PA-28-140, N4221T, serial no. 512022632, registered to elite flight academy, and operated by student pilot luca zaccardo, had the nose landing tire assembly break off during landing causing the aircraft to skid on the nose strut assembly before coming to rest on runway 31 at the Venice airport (vnc), Venice Florida. The student pilot was landing the aircraft during his first solo flight when he flared high, landed on the mains, and bounced the aircraft nose several times before causing the wheel assembly to snap off. The student pilot was not injured. Aircraft sustained damage to the propeller and nose landing strut assembly. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the incident.

As the FAA filed it

ON JANUARY 4, 2011, AT APPROXIMATELY 1710 EDT, A PIPER PA-28-140, N4221T, SERIAL NO. 512022632, REGISTERED TO ELITE FLIGHT ACADEMY, AND OPERATED BY STUDENT PILOT LUCA ZACCARDO, HAD THE NOSE LANDING TIRE ASSEMBLY BREAK OFF DURING LANDING CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO SKID ON THE NOSE STRUT ASSEMBLY BEFORE COMING TO REST ON RUNWAY 31 AT THE VENICE AIRPORT (VNC), VENICE FLORIDA. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS LANDING THE AIRCRAFT DURING HIS FIRST SOLO FLIGHT WHEN HE FLARED HIGH, LANDED ON THE MAINS, AND BOUNCED THE AIRCRAFT NOSE SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE CAUSING THE WHEEL ASSEMBLY TO SNAP OFF. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AND NOSE LANDING STRUT ASSEMBLY. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.