# Incident 20121027022969I: Piper PA-28-235, Bath, MI, October 27, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 27, 2012, 13:00 local time
- Place: Bath, MI
- Airport: University Airpark
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.8410° N, 84.4790° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at UNIVERSITY AIRPARK (41G), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8410&lon=-84.4790&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8811W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8811W-2015-02-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-235 (registry code 7102810, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-235
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,910 total, 1,300 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/20121027022969I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDED HARD ON GRASS STRIP, RUNWAY 27 AT UNIVERSITY AIRPARK, BATH MICHIGIN. AFTER TOUCH DOWN THE NOSE STRUT SUNK INTO THE WET GRASS BREAKINGTHE ENGINE MOUNT AND DAMAGEING THE PROPELLER AND NOSE STRUT.

## Other reports on N8811W (1)

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

- [Incident 19800113014969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800113014969I), Jan 13, 1980: Piper PA28235 (N8811W), Lansing, MI. Engine lost RPM and oil pressure. Pilot made emergency landing. Blown gasket. M&d report submitted.

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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