20171210023169I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-22-150 · Wakefield, VA · December 10, 2017

Date
December 10, 2017 · 12:55 local
Place
Wakefield, VA
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2626P
Reported as
Piper PA-22-150
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,370 total85 in this make and model36 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.

Landed hard on runway 20 and nose landing gear sheared off. Aircraft skidded 135 feet past second contact point and came to rest.

As the FAA filed it

LANDED HARD ON RUNWAY 20 AND NOSE LANDING GEAR SHEARED OFF. AIRCRAFT SKIDDED 135 FEET PAST SECOND CONTACT POINT AND CAME TO REST.