# Incident 20180814011539I: Piper PA-28-236, Troy, MI, August 14, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 2018, 19:00 local time
- Place: Troy, MI
- Airport: Oakland/Troy
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5429° N, 83.1779° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OAKLAND/TROY (VLL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5429&lon=-83.1779&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2213F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2213F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-236 (registry code 7102815, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-236) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-236
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-540
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 481 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/20180814011539I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED THAT HE MAY HAVE BEEN DISTRACTED WHEN HE RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NEARBY AIR TRAFFIC.

PILOT STATED ON APPROACH THAT HE WAS LANDING INTO THE SUN, AND THAT HE MAY HAVE BEEN A LITTLE SLOW TO REACT ON HIS APPROACH.

NOSEGEAR IMPACTED PAVED RAISED EDGE OF RUNWAY AND FOLDED BACK UNDER AIRCRAFT.

PROPELLER IMPACTED RUNWAY U8NDER POWER AND WAS BENT BACK ON BOTH EDGES.

PILOT AND THREE PASSENGERS EXITED AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJURY.

## Other reports on N2213F (1)

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

- [Incident 19930116002649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930116002649I), Jan 16, 1993: Piper PA28236 (N2213F), Onaway, MI, Minor damage. Pilot lost directional control of aircraft on snow covered runway. Aircraft came to rest in snow bank.

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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