# Incident 20181209023399I: Piper PA-28R-180, San Diego, CA, December 9, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 9, 2018, 09:15 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7153° N, 117.1573° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Diego, CA, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7153&lon=-117.1573&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4569J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4569J-2020-07-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-180 (registry code 7102809, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181209023399I

## Narrative

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

WHILE CONDUCTING A TRAINING CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT IT WAS UNEVENTFUL. ON APPROACH TO MYF AIRCRAFT WAS CLEARED TO LAND. THE STUDENT WAS INSTRUCTED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. THE TOUCHDOWN WAS SMOOTH. WHEN THE NOSE LANDING GEAR TOUCHED THE GROUND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND FOLLOWED BY A PROP STRIKE. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED 200-300 FEET BEFORE COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED BY MAINTENANCE AND FOUND A NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR ROD END BROKE OFF.

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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