# Incident 20180516005399I: Piper PA-28-140, Lake Elmo, MN, May 16, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 2018, 12:00 local time
- Place: Lake Elmo, MN
- Airport: Lake Elmo
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9972° N, 92.8537° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKE ELMO (21D), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9972&lon=-92.8537&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2318T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2318T) (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: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 76 total, 76 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180516005399I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT ON HER SECOND SOLO FLIGHT WAS PERFORMING HER THIRD LANDING OF THE DAY.  THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED, THEN PORPOISED AND CAME DOWN WITH A HARDER TYPICAL TOUCHDOWN.  THE NOSE GEAR STRUT COLLAPSED AND THERE WAS AN ULTIMATE PROP STIKE ON THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N2318T (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20080920849329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080920849329A), Sep 20, 2008: Piper PA28140 (N2318T), Carrabassett, ME, Substantial damage. (-23) The office notified by new england area operations center that : "N2318T, pa 28, made hard landing on runway 17 and blew the nose gear tire at Sugarloaf…

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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