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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28 · Atlanta, GA · September 19, 2017

Date: September 19, 2017 · 13:55 local
Place: Atlanta, GA
Airport: Peachtree Dekalb
Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N258SB
Reported as: Piper PA-28
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 443 total110 in this make and model81 in the last 90 days

N258SBRegistered now · Piper PA-28R-200S/N 28R-35641 · Built 1969 Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-200 Engine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

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.

Both pilots chief flight instructor and student pilot have attested that prior to takeoff there were no known deficiencies of the nose landing gear on aircraft N258SB. The aircraft had two landings prior to the final approach at kpdk. No hard landings recorded.

CFI has 110.8 hours in this make and model aircraft. CFI has primary responsibility of aircraft airworthiness and safety of flight.

Maintenance airframe logbook indicates landing gear operational and emergency functional checks were performed on 15 September 2017. Checks performed to facilitate other maintenance.

As the FAA filed it

BOTH PILOTS CHIEF FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT PILOT HAVE ATTESTED THAT PRIOR TO TAKEOFF THERE WERE NO KNOWN DEFICIENCIES OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR ON AIRCRAFT N258SB. THE AIRCRAFT HAD TWO LANDINGS PRIOR TO THE FINAL APPROACH AT KPDK. NO HARD LANDINGS RECORDED.

CFI HAS 110.8 HOURS IN THIS MAKE AND MODEL AIRCRAFT. CFI HAS PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY OF AIRCRAFT AIRWORTHINESS AND SAFETY OF FLIGHT.

MAINTENANCE AIRFRAME LOGBOOK INDICATES LANDING GEAR OPERATIONAL AND EMERGENCY FUNCTIONAL CHECKS WERE PERFORMED ON 15 SEPTEMBER 2017. CHECKS PERFORMED TO FACILITATE OTHER MAINTENANCE.