# Incident 20160418004949I: Piper PA-28-180, Lubbock, TX, April 18, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 18, 2016, 19:00 local time
- Place: Lubbock, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5779° N, 101.8552° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lubbock, TX, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5779&lon=-101.8552&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8453W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8453W) (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: 37 total, 25 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160418004949I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 18, 2016, AT APPROXIMATELY 1900 CDT, A PIPER CHEROKEE PA-28-180, BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER N8453W, REGISTERED TO A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL, LANDED HARD ON THE NOSE GEAR CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, NOSEWHEEL, AND NOSEWHEEL FAIRING.  THE INCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE THE STUDENT PILOT WAS PRACTICING TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 8 AT LUBBOCK PRESTON SMITH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KLBB), IN LUBBOCK, TEXAS.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATED AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM LUBBOCK, TEXAS ON APRIL 18, 2016, AT 1850 CDT.

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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