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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Brookfield, WI · August 12, 2015

Date: August 12, 2015 · 12:55 local
Place: Brookfield, WI
Airport: Capitol
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N9614W
Reported as: Piper PA-28-140
Reported engine: Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 1
Pilot’s certificate: Student
Pilot’s flight hours: 81 total76 in this make and model17 in the last 90 days

N9614WRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140S/N 28-23069 · Built 1967 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On August 12, 2015, the student pilot was cleared to make first solo flight with 3 landings to a complete stop. Weather was clear and winds were light. On first 2 attempts at landing, the student pilot performed go-arounds due to high air speed and high approach. On actual first landing, pilot landed to a full stop. Student took off and completed 2nd landing with a slight hard landing. Student took off again and on the 3D landing attempt the student could not get the aircraft to descend and decelerate properly. The student made a nose down input which increased airspeed followed by a nose up input whereby the aircraft then ballooned up, stalled and landed hard left of center line. The nose gear fork broke and separated from the aircraft causing the propeller to contact the runway. The aircraft slid down the runway and came to a complete stop while still within the displaced threshold. The aircraft had substantial damage but is repairable. Pilot sustained minor injuries.

As the FAA filed it

ON AUGUST 12, 2015, THE STUDENT PILOT WAS CLEARED TO MAKE FIRST SOLO FLIGHT WITH 3 LANDINGS TO A COMPLETE STOP. WEATHER WAS CLEAR AND WINDS WERE LIGHT. ON FIRST 2 ATTEMPTS AT LANDING, THE STUDENT PILOT PERFORMED GO-AROUNDS DUE TO HIGH AIR SPEED AND HIGH APPROACH. ON ACTUAL FIRST LANDING, PILOT LANDED TO A FULL STOP. STUDENT TOOK OFF AND COMPLETED 2ND LANDING WITH A SLIGHT HARD LANDING. STUDENT TOOK OFF AGAIN AND ON THE 3D LANDING ATTEMPT THE STUDENT COULD NOT GET THE AIRCRAFT TO DESCEND AND DECELERATE PROPERLY. THE STUDENT MADE A NOSE DOWN INPUT WHICH INCREASED AIRSPEED FOLLOWED BY A NOSE UP INPUT WHEREBY THE AIRCRAFT THEN BALLOONED UP, STALLED AND LANDED HARD LEFT OF CENTER LINE. THE NOSE GEAR FORK BROKE AND SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT CAUSING THE PROPELLER TO CONTACT THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT SLID DOWN THE RUNWAY AND CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP WHILE STILL WITHIN THE DISPLACED THRESHOLD. THE AIRCRAFT HAD SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE BUT IS REPAIRABLE. PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.