# Incident 20120505026149I: Piper PA-28-140, Lowell, IN, May 5, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 2012, 11:00 local time
- Place: Lowell, IN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2905° N, 87.4199° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lowell, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2905&lon=-87.4199&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5795U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5795U) (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: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 260 total, 107 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120505026149I

## Narrative

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

PILOT DECISION TO LAND DOWNWIND CAUSED A HIGH GROUND SPEED APPROACH RESULTING IN THE AIRCRAFT FORCE LANDING IN A FIELD TO AVOID OBSTACLES.  A SMALL FURROW IN THAT FIELD CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT NOSE GEAR TO FOLD AFT AS IT CAME TO REST RESULTING IN MINIMAL DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AND LOWER COWL.

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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