# Incident 20170711014019I: Piper PA-28-140, Oscoda, MI, July 11, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 2017, 12:00 local time
- Place: Oscoda, MI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.4241° N, 83.3322° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oscoda, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4241&lon=-83.3322&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9921W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9921W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (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-28-140
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 438 total, 12 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170711014019I

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 11, 2017 AT 1200 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A PA-28-140 AIRCRAFT, N9221W, REGISTERED TO PHOENIX COMPOSITE SOLUTIONS INC. AND OPERATED BY A PRIVATE PILOT, RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE WHEN THE NOSE GEAR BROKE OFF THE AIRCRAFT DURING THE LANDING AND TOUCH PHASE OF FLIGHT ON RUNWAY 6 AT THE OSCODA WURTSMITH AIRPORT, (KOSC) OSCODA, MI.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS AND LIGHT WINDS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THE FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) PART 91 WITHOUT A FLIGHT PLAN.  THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM KOSC.

ACCORDING TO THE PILOT HE WAS LANDING RUNWAY 06.  UPON TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED APPROXIMATELY 120 FEET AND THEN A GUST OF WIND LIFTED THE NOSE WHEEL OFF THE GROUND AND BACK TO THE SURFACE.  UPON TOUCHDOWN THE NOSE GEAR BROKE OFF THE AIRCRAFT AND THE AIRPLANE CAME TO STOP ON THE RUNWAY.

WEATHER REPORT AT KOSC AIRPORT AT 1200 UTC WAS: WIND 090 DEGREES AT 7KNOTS, VISIBILITY 10 STATUTE MILES, CLEAR, TEMP 26 DEW POINT 19 AND ALTIMETER 2990.

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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