# Incident 20170708013939I: Piper PA-32-260, Wilmington, NC, July 8, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 2017, 11:51 local time
- Place: Wilmington, NC
- Airport: Wilmington International Airpo
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2712° N, 77.9029° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILMINGTON INTL (ILM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2712&lon=-77.9029&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5551J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5551J-2019-06-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (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-32-260
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 165 total, 88 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170708013939I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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