# Incident 20150319004729I: Piper PA-28-140, Marathon, FL, March 19, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 19, 2015, 14:35 local time
- Place: Marathon, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 24.7323° N, 81.0251° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Marathon, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=24.7323&lon=-81.0251&mi=10
- Aircraft: N12512 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-140
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-320-E2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150319004729I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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