# Incident 20150812012239I: Piper PA-28-140, Brookfield, WI, August 12, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 2015, 12:55 local time
- Place: Brookfield, WI
- Airport: Capitol
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.0643° N, 88.1178° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Brookfield, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0643&lon=-88.1178&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9614W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9614W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-140
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 81 total, 76 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150812012239I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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