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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32-260 · Wilmington, NC · July 8, 2017

Date
July 8, 2017 · 11:51 local
Place
Wilmington, NC
Airport
Wilmington International Airpo
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5551J
Reported as
Piper PA-32-260
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-540 series
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
165 total88 in this make and model26 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.

Aircraft landed hard at ilm on runway 24 . Nose gear collapsed. Propeller struck runway. Aircraft slid off left side of runway coming to a stop in the grass. No injuries to pilot or 4 pax.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD AT ILM ON RUNWAY 24 . NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. PROPELLER STRUCK RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT SLID OFF LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY COMING TO A STOP IN THE GRASS. NO INJURIES TO PILOT OR 4 PAX.