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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32R-301 · West Mifflin, PA · August 18, 2018

Date
August 18, 2018 · 17:45 local
Place
West Mifflin, PA
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N197DJ
Reported as
Piper PA-32R-301
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-540 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
451 total421 in this make and model38 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft nose gear collapsed on takeoff roll on runway 31 at the intersection of 28. Aircraft came to rest and the pilot and passenger were not injured.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON TAKEOFF ROLL ON RUNWAY 31 AT THE INTERSECTION OF 28. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST AND THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED.