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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-180 · Cozad, NE · May 27, 2012

Date
May 27, 2012 · 13:43 local
Place
Cozad, NE
Airport
Cozad Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7858W
Reported as
Piper PA-28-180
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
130 total20 in this make and model3 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot was concluding a two hour pleasure flight and selected runway 36 at Cozad Municipal Airport for his landing. Pilot misjudged his landing flare and the aircraft stalled over the runway. Subsequently, the left main landing gear axle broke when the aircraft impacted the sod runway.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS CONCLUDING A TWO HOUR PLEASURE FLIGHT AND SELECTED RUNWAY 36 AT COZAD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT FOR HIS LANDING. PILOT MISJUDGED HIS LANDING FLARE AND THE AIRCRAFT STALLED OVER THE RUNWAY. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR AXLE BROKE WHEN THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE SOD RUNWAY.