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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-180 · Baraboo, WI · April 24, 2017

Date
April 24, 2017 · 13:13 local
Place
Baraboo, WI
Airport
Baraboo?Wisconsin Dells
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3939T
Reported as
Piper PA-28R-180
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,250 total60 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

On approach to land, the pilot extended landing gear and verified 3 gear down green indicator lights. On touchdown, the main wheels made contact and as the pilot lowered the nose down, the propeller stuck the runway and aircraft came to rest. The pilot exited the aircaft and found the nose gear was in the up posistion with the gear doors closed.

As the FAA filed it

ON APPROACH TO LAND, THE PILOT EXTENDED LANDING GEAR AND VERIFIED 3 GEAR DOWN GREEN INDICATOR LIGHTS. ON TOUCHDOWN, THE MAIN WHEELS MADE CONTACT AND AS THE PILOT LOWERED THE NOSE DOWN, THE PROPELLER STUCK THE RUNWAY AND AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST. THE PILOT EXITED THE AIRCAFT AND FOUND THE NOSE GEAR WAS IN THE UP POSISTION WITH THE GEAR DOORS CLOSED.