24.7323° N, 81.0251° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Marathon, FL, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
March 19, 2015 · 14:35 local
Place
Marathon, FL
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N12512
Reported as
Piper PA-28-140
Reported engine
Lycoming O-320-E2A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
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.
Student pilot on a solo flight was approching runway 25 at Marathon airport (kmth) made a hard landing.
Airplane contact the runway with nose gear first resulted in a nose gear breaking off the assembly then stop on the north edge of the runway.
As the FAA filed it
STUDENT PILOT ON A SOLO FLIGHT WAS APPROCHING RUNWAY 25 AT MARATHON AIRPORT (KMTH) MADE A HARD LANDING.
AIRPLANE CONTACT THE RUNWAY WITH NOSE GEAR FIRST RESULTED IN A NOSE GEAR BREAKING OFF THE ASSEMBLY THEN STOP ON THE NORTH EDGE OF THE RUNWAY.