# Accident 20140507006219A: Piper PA-28-181, Kualapuu, HI, May 7, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 2014, 14:25 local time
- Place: Kualapuu, HI
- Airport: Molokai
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 21.1529° N, 157.0963° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MOLOKAI (MKK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.1529&lon=-157.0963&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4338V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4338V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (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-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360-A4M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 65 total, 65 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140507006219A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT ON A SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT, EXECUTED ONE TOUCH AND GO AT MKK AIRPORT AND WENT AROUND THE PATTERN TO LAND.  ON THE SECOND ATTEMPT TO LAND, THE STUDENT FLARED HIGH AND BALLOONED, OVERCORRECTED AND HIT THE NOSE GEAR WHICH BROKE AT THE AXLE, NOSE WHEEL CAME OFF, ALLOWING THE PROP TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY.  DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT CONSISTS OF ENGINE (DUE TO PROP STRIKE), PROP, NOSE GEAR, ENGINE MOUNT AND FUSELAGE SKIN JUST AFT OF NOSE GEAR.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N4338V (1)

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

- [Incident 20190814014169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190814014169I), Aug 14, 2019: Piper PA-28-181 (N4338V), Kapolei, HI, Minor damage. Kapolei, HI (jrf): N4338V, PA28, hard lndg left gear tire separated from acft POB: 2, injuries: none, damage: minor. 08/15/2019 0055Z Upon inspection of…

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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