# Incident 20120519010989I: Piper PA-28R-180, Jean, NV, May 19, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 19, 2012, 08:30 local time
- Place: Jean, NV
- Airport: Jean
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.7683° N, 115.3296° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JEAN (0L7), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7683&lon=-115.3296&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4662J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4662J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-180 (registry code 7102809, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 500 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120519010989I

## Narrative

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

THIS PRIVATE PILOT, ON A VFR FLIGHT FROM ROY WILLIAMS AIRPORT, CA (L80) LANDED ON RWY 02L, AT JEAN AIRPORT, NV OL7. PILOT STATED THAT AS HE WAS ABOUT TO TOUCH DOWN HE ENCOUNTERED A GUST OF WIND RESULTING IN THE AIRCRAFT SETTELING IN WHAT THE PILOT STATED WAS "LANDING HARD". THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AND UPON SECOND TOUCHDOWN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE PROPELLER CONTACTED THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT STATED THAT ALL OTHER CONDITIONS WERE NORMAL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED, THE PROPELLER REPLACED, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DID NOT SUFFER ANY DAMAGE. A FERRY PERMIT WAS ISSUED BY A PMI FROM THIS OFFICE.AN ON SCENE INVESTIGATION WAS CONDUCTED.THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THE EVENT. THERE WAS NO WEATHER REPORTING CAPABILITIES AT OL7 HOWEVER WINDS AT KLAS AND KHND WERE REPORTED AS VARIABLE FROM 080 TO 210 DEG AT 4 TO 10 KTS. THE PILOT WAS VERY COOPERATIVE AND KNOWLEDGABLE ABOUT HIS AIRCRAFT AND LANDING PROCEDURES. PILOT HAS OWNED AND FLOWN THIS SPECIFIC AIRCRAFT FOR 3 YEARS..THE PILOTS STATEMENT OF EVENTS AND DISCUSSIONS WERE STRAIGHT FORWARD AND GAVE NO CAUSE TO QUESTION PILOT ABILITIES. BASED ON DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PILOT, THIS INCIDENT DOES NOT WARRANT  A 44709 EXAM. NO FURTHER ACTION IS INDICATED.

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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