# Incident 20110104000249I: Piper PA-28-140, Venice, FL, January 4, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 4, 2011, 17:10 local time
- Place: Venice, FL
- Airport: Venice Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.0713° N, 82.4400° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VENICE MUNI (VNC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.0713&lon=-82.4400&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4221T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4221T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (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-28-140
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 12 total, 12 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110104000249I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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