# Incident 20111218028249I: Piper PA-28-180, Petersburg, VA, December 18, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 2011, 09:15 local time
- Place: Petersburg, VA
- Airport: Dinwiddie County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.1838° N, 77.5074° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Dinwiddie County Airport (PTB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1838&lon=-77.5074&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7765W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7765W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 21 total, 21 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111218028249I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRMAN HAS JUST DEPARTED THE AIRPORT FOR HIS FIRST SOLO FLIGHT. AFTER COMPLETION OF THE FIRST TOUCH AND GO, HE WAS ATTEMPTING THE SECOND LANDING WHEN THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE RUNWAY AND BECAME AIRBORNE AGAIN. THE PILOT PUSHED THE NOSE OVER AND STRUCK THE RUNWAY IN A NOSE LOW ATTITUDE AND COLLAPSED THE NOSE GEAR AND STRUCK THE PROP.

## Other reports on N7765W (1)

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

- [Incident 19930123003549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930123003549I), Jan 23, 1993: Piper PA30 (N7765W), Manteo, NC, Minor damage. Pilot lost directional control of aircraft on rollout. Veered off runway. Found no mechanical problems.

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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