# Incident 20130427008949I: Piper PA-24-180, Manhattan, KS, April 27, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 27, 2013, 15:31 local time
- Place: Manhattan, KS
- Airport: Manhattan Rigional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1883° N, 96.6059° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Manhattan, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1883&lon=-96.6059&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6604P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6604P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-180 (registry code 7102403, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,250 total, 3 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130427008949I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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