# Incident 20150618009799I: Piper PA-28-180, Amarillo, TX, June 18, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 2015, 12:40 local time
- Place: Amarillo, TX
- Airport: Rick Husband Amarillo Internat
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2194° N, 101.7059° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RICK HUSBAND AMARILLO INTL (AMA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2194&lon=-101.7059&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9242J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9242J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (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-28-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 42 total, 42 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150618009799I

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 18, 2015, AT  1240 CDT, A PIPER PA-28-180, BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER N9242J, REGISTERED TO  TOHIJOCO LLC, ENCOUNTERED A HARD LANDING THAT COLLAPSED THE NOSE LANDING GEAR AT AMARILLO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON A TRAINING FLIGHT IN VFR CONDITIONS  AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS UNINJURED.

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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