# Accident 20180610007559A: Piper PA-28-236, Marion, IA, June 10, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 2018, 06:00 local time
- Place: Marion, IA
- Airport: Marion
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0297° N, 91.5317° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0297&lon=-91.5317&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4295T (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-236
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 165 total, 145 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA18CA341](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA341) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180610007559A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT WAS FLYING BACK WITH 2 PASSENGERS TO MARION (C17) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.  HE RECEIVED WEATHER INFORMATION FROM KCID, NEAREST AIRPORT WITH AUTOMATED WEATHER, AND DETERMINED WIND DIRECTION WAS 080 AT 11 WITH 10 MILES VISIBILITY AND OVERCAST 2400.  HE DECIDED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 17 WITH THE WIND AT 90 DEGREES.  ON HIS FIRST ATTEMPT HE TOUCHED DOWN NOSE FIRST AND PROPOSED THEN DECIDED IT WAS BEST TO GO AROUND.  ON THE SECOND ATTEMPT AS THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN THE NOSE FELL TO THE GROUND WITH THE PROP STRIKING THE RUNWAY.  HE USED BRAKES TO STEER OFF INTO THE GRASS AND CAME TO A STOP ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB GAA18CA341](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA341), Jun 10, 2018: Piper PA 28 (N4295T), Marion, IA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper pitch during the first landing, which resulted in a porpoise, and the failure of the nose landing gear during the second landing after a subsequent go-around.

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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