# Incident 20171208022849I: Piper PA-32R-301T, Port Clinton, OH, December 8, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 8, 2017, 15:45 local time
- Place: Port Clinton, OH
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5097° N, 82.9383° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Port Clinton, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5097&lon=-82.9383&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8220W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8220W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301T (registry code 7103220, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32R-301T
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 10 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171208022849I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS MAKING A NORMAL LANDING ON RUNWAY 27 WITH HIS FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WHEN UPON LANDING THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO SINK AND THE PROPELLER IMPACTED THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED DOWN THE CENTERLINE OF THE RUNWAY AS IT RODE THE PROP UNTIL IT CAME TO A REST.  THE PILOT STATED THAT ALL 3 GREEN DOWN AND LOCKED LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED WITH NO GEAR WARNING INDICATIONS NOTED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING USED FOR FLIGHT INSTRUCTION OVER THE COURSE OF THE PREVIOUS 2 WEEKS WITH NO REPORTED PROBLEMS.  ACCORDING TO THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, THE AIRCRAFT HAD ACCUMULATED NEARLY 10 FLIGHT HOURS AND 40 LANDINGS DURING THIS TIME.  PRIOR TO BEING OPERATED FOR FLIGHT INSTRUCTION, THE AIRCRAFT HAD NOT BEEN FLOWN FOR OVER 2 YEARS AS THE PREVIOUS OWNER WAS ILL.  THE ANNUAL INSPECTION TO INCLUDE ALL OTHER REQUIRED INSPECTIONS HAD BEEN KEPT CURRENT.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED FROM THE RUNWAY BY GROUND CREWS AND PLACED IN A HANGAR ON THE FIELD.  DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIMITED TO THE PROPELLER, THE UNDERSIDE OF THE ENGINE COWLING, AND THE LEADING EDGE CORNERS OF THE NOSE GEAR DOORS.

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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