# Incident 20171210023169I: Piper PA-22-150, Wakefield, VA, December 10, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 10, 2017, 12:55 local time
- Place: Wakefield, VA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.9691° N, 76.9881° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wakefield, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9691&lon=-76.9881&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2626P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2626P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-150 (registry code 7102210, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-150) (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-22-150
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,370 total, 85 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171210023169I

## Narrative

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

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

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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