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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-24-180 · Manhattan, KS · April 27, 2013

Date
April 27, 2013 · 15:31 local
Place
Manhattan, KS
Airport
Manhattan Rigional Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6604P
Reported as
Piper PA-24-180
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
1,250 total3 in this make and model70 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.

Aircraft was enroute from topeka, KS (top) to Manhattan, KS (mkh), on student training flight. Upon landing the nose gear collapsed. Immediately following the propeller struck the ground while still being driven by the aircraft engine. The damage to the aircraft consisted of bent propeller blades, lower fwd fuselage and cowling damage, and engine exhaust damage.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT WAS ENROUTE FROM TOPEKA, KS (TOP) TO MANHATTAN, KS (MKH), ON STUDENT TRAINING FLIGHT. UPON LANDING THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND WHILE STILL BEING DRIVEN BY THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE. THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT CONSISTED OF BENT PROPELLER BLADES, LOWER FWD FUSELAGE AND COWLING DAMAGE, AND ENGINE EXHAUST DAMAGE.