# Incident 20170620013529I: Piper PA-28-161, Waco, TX, June 20, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 2017, 17:20 local time
- Place: Waco, TX
- Airport: Waco Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 31.6122° N, 97.2303° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WACO RGNL (ACT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.6122&lon=-97.2303&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30726, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N30726-2018-11-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (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-28-161
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 59 total, 59 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170620013529I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT PORPOISED FOUR OR FIVE TIMES ON LANDING BEFORE THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.

## Other reports on N30726 (3)

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

- [Incident 20100802050139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100802050139I), Aug 2, 2010: Piper PA-28-161 (N30726), Fort Worth, TX, Minor damage. While practing takeoffs and landings the pilot experienced a vibration when the nose of the aircraft was lowered to the runway. The airman elected not to…
- [Incident 19880803052659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880803052659I), Aug 3, 1988: Piper PA28161 (N30726), Chippewa Falls, WI, Minor damage. Overshot runway on a crosswind landing. Did not know how to use the aircraft brakes.
- [Incident 19791217046549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791217046549I), Dec 17, 1979: Piper PA28RT201 (N30726), Allentown, PA, Minor damage. Pilot landed gear up. Gear warning horn failed, automatic gear extension system did not function.

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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