# Incident 20110910025939I: Piper PA-28-140, Flint, MI, September 10, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 10, 2011, 12:25 local time
- Place: Flint, MI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.0125° N, 83.6875° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Flint, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0125&lon=-83.6875&mi=10
- Aircraft: CANADA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-140
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 757 total, 500 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110910025939I

## Narrative

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

9/12/11 INVESTIGATION OF AIRCRAFT INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED ON 9/10/11:RECEIVED NOTIFICATION VIA FAA FORM 8020-9, THAT A CANADIAN REGISTERED 1973 PIPER PA28-140, TAIL NUMBER CFEYH, SERIAL NUMBER 28-7425156, LANDED ON THE NOSEWHEEL AND SUBSEQUENTLY COLLAPSED ON LANDING TO RUNWAY 9 AT THE FLINT BISHOP INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN FLINT, MI AT APPROXIMATELY 12:12 PM LOCAL TIME ON SATURDAY 9/11/2011;AN INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED DAMAGE TO THE NOSEWHEEL, ENGINE MOUNTS, BOTH PROPELLER BLADES, NOSE-MOUNTED LANDING LIGHT, NOSE WHEEL FAIRING AND AIRCRAFT SKIN BENEATH THE FORWARD FUSELAGE; DAMAGE WAS FOUND TO NOT BE EXTENSIVE ENOUGH TO CLASSIFY AS AN ACCIDENT;FLIGHT CONTROL CONTINUITY WAS VERIFIED AND CORRECT;INTERVIEW WITH THE PILOT ON 9/12/11: THE PILOT INDICATED THAT SHE WAS ON FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 9 AT FLINT IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS WITH LIGHT WIND; SHE INDICATED THAT SHE WAS "FAST" ON FINAL AND LANDED HARD ON THE NOSEWHEEL; AFTER THAT, THE NOSEWHEEL COLLAPSED AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY AND CAUSED THE ENGINE TO STOP; THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED FOR APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET AND CAME TO REST ON THE LEFT (NORTH) SIDE OF RUNWAY 9 NEAR TAXIWAY "C4"; THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THIS WAS A PRIVATE FLIGHT WITH A PASSENGER WHO, ALTHOUGH WAS A PILOT, WAS NOT CURRENT; THE PILOT INDICATED THAT SHE WAS THE PILOT IN COMMAND AND WAS AT THE CONTROLS AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT;WEATHER AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT (1633Z METAR SPECIAL REPORT) AS REPORTED BY THE FLINT BISHOP AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER (ATCT) TO BE WIND ONE-SIX-ZERO DEGREES AT THREE KNOTS WITH SURFACE VISIBILITY OF TEN STATUTE MILES, CLEAR SKIES, TEMPERATURE TWENTY FOUR DEGREES CENTIGRADE, DEW POINT THIRTEEN DEGREES CENTIGRADE, AND ALTIMETER SETTING 30.04 INCHES; RUNWAY 9 WAS IN USE AT THE TIME AND CFEYH HAD BEEN CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 9 BY THE FLINT ATCT WITH A CALM WIND AT THE TIME;NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED BY EITHER OF THE TWO OCCUPANTS OF THE AIRCRAFT;NEITHER THE PILOT NOR HER PASSENGER POSSESSED A US PILOT CERTIFICATE; BOTH POSSESSED CANADIAN PILOT CERTIFICATES; THE PILOT WAS APPROPRIATELY RATED FOR AIRPLANE SINGLE ENGINE LAND ON HER CANADIAN PILOT LICENSE WITH A CURRENT MEDICAL;THE AIRCRAFT POSSESSES A CANADIAN AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATE AND REGISTRATION; BOTH WERE REVIEWED AND APPEAR TO BE CURRENT AND ACCURATE;COORDINATED WITH AND REFERRED TO TRANSPORT CANADA INSPECTOR ROBERT GILLESPIE (416-952-0182) ROBERT.GILLESPIE@TC.GC.CA;THIS INVESTIGATION IS CLOSED WITH NO FURTHER ACTION.

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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