# Incident 20160926019669I: Piper PA-28-180, Tangier, VA, September 26, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 26, 2016, 13:00 local time
- Place: Tangier, VA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.8234° N, 75.9928° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tangier, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8234&lon=-75.9928&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7487W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7487W-2017-01-04) (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-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 50 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160926019669I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT WAS OUT WITH A FRIEND ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT. THEY HAD STOPPED AT OTHER AIRPORTS PRIOR TO LANDING IN TANGIER ISLAND (KTGI). ON HIS FIRST ATTEMPT HE STRUGGLED DURING THE APPROACH TO KEEP THE AIRCRAFT ON A STABILIZED APPROACH. THERE WAS MINIMAL WIND (LESS THAN 6 KTS). ON TOUCH DOWN HE LANDED FLAT OR POSSIBLY NOSE WHEEL FIRST. THIS RESULTED IN PORPOISING THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT INITIATED A GO AROUND. ON THE SECOND ATTEMPT AT LANDING HE TOUCHED DOWN FLAT AGAIN BUT MUCH FIRMER AND THE NOSE GEAR DETACHED FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THE PROP STRUCK THE RUNWAY AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP FROM THIS LANDING.

## Other reports on N7487W (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20070227002059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070227002059I), Feb 27, 2007: Piper PA28180 (N7487W), Lincoln, NE, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot stated he was practicing full stop landings with exit from the runway, taxiing back for another take off. Pilot stated he had completed 2 prior…
- [Incident 20031023029059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031023029059I), Oct 23, 2003: Piper PA28180 (N7487W), Grand Island, NE, Minor damage. (-23) Student pilot's first x-c, made 2 successful takeoffs and landings. On the third takeoff, pilot lost control of the aircraft veering off runway 17,…

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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