# Incident 20180520005689I: Piper PA-28-140, Albany, NY, May 20, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 2018, 13:30 local time
- Place: Albany, NY
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6657° N, 73.7984° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Albany, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6657&lon=-73.7984&mi=10
- Aircraft: N67WA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N67WA) (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: 50 total, 50 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180520005689I

## Narrative

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

MAY 20, 2018 WHILE LANDING AT THE ALBANY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, A PIPER PA-28  AIRCRAFT N67WA TOUCHED DOWN ON RUNWAY 28. UPON TOUCH DOWN, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING THE PROPELLER TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE GROUND THE AIRCRAFT  THEN CAME TO REST ON ITS NOSE. ONE PERSON ON BOARD WAS UNINJURED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM THE RUNWAY AND TRANSPORTED TO A STORAGE FACILITY (HANGAR)

EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT NOSE GEAR WAS SHEARED JUST BELOW UPPER TORQUE LINK, BOTH PROPELLER BLADES SEVERELY BENT AFT, ENGINE MOUNT BENT AT LEFT AND RIGHT LOWER FRAME TUBES. MINOR FUSELAGE SKIN DAMAGE JUST ABOVE NOSE GEAR.

## Other reports on N67WA (2)

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

- [Incident 20160413005929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160413005929I), Apr 13, 2016: Piper PA-28-140 (N67WA), Johnstown, NY, Substantial damage. I spoke to [privacy data omitted] regarding his incident with the pole at Fulton County Airport (NY0). After landing he was in the process of taxing the…
- [Incident 19950706024739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950706024739I), Jul 6, 1995: Piper PA28140 (N67WA), Albany, NY. Rough engine en route. Landed alb. NR4 cyl bore too large. Using oil. Plugs fouled. Scat hose collapsed.

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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