# Incident 20110602009999I: Piper PA-28-180, Grants, NM, June 2, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 2, 2011, 11:30 local time
- Place: Grants, NM
- Airport: Grants-Milan Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1673° N, 107.9021° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GRANTS-MILAN MUNI (GNT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1673&lon=-107.9021&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8075W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8075W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (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-28-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 155 total, 39 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110602009999I

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 02, 2011 AT 11:30 MDT A PIPER PA-28-180 N8075W PILOTED BY A PRIVATE PILOT WHO IS THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OF THE AIRCRAFT, EXPERIENCED A HARD LANDING AT GRANTS-MILAN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (GNT). THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR SPINDLE BROKE AND THE WHEEL SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY. THERE WAS ONE PASSENGER ON BOARD, AND NO ONE WAS INJURED. THE PRIVATE PILOT WAS OPERATING UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. A VFR FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED.

## Other reports on N8075W (1)

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

- [Incident 19880417018989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880417018989I), Apr 17, 1988: Piper PA28180 (N8075W), Renton, WA. Landed long and fast on a wet runway. Turned off fast at blast fence to avoid a overrun and hit a runway light.

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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