# Incident 20170115002669I: Piper PA-28-236, Savanna, IL, January 15, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 15, 2017, 12:17 local time
- Place: Savanna, IL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0939° N, 90.1388° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Savanna, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0939&lon=-90.1388&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2964D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2964D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-236 (registry code 7102815, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-236) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-236
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 310 total, 26 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170115002669I

## Narrative

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

DURING LANDING ROLLOUT AT TRI-TOWNSHIP AIRPORT (KSFY) IN SAVANA, ILLINOIS, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON N2964D, A PIPER DAKOTA (PA-28-236). THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND, AND THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE COWLING. NEITHER THE PILOT NOR THE ONE PASSENGER WAS INJURED.

## Other reports on N2964D (2)

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

- [Incident 20080705840849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080705840849I), Jul 5, 2008: Piper PA28236 (N2964D), Camdenton, MO, Minor damage. (-23) The pilot induced a hard landing of his aircraft approximately fifty feet short of the runway tearing off the nose gear assembly prior to skidding 1000…
- [Incident 19900808045929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900808045929I), Aug 8, 1990: Piper PA28236 (N2964D), Heber Springs, AR, Minor damage. On landing rollout left main gear struck a dog.

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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