# Incident 20181218018679I: Piper PA-28-140, Fayetteville, NC, December 18, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 2018, 12:21 local time
- Place: Fayetteville, NC
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0527° N, 78.8784° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fayetteville, NC, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0527&lon=-78.8784&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8024N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8024N) (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: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 260 total, 9 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181218018679I

## Narrative

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

AT APPROXIMATELY 1721 ZULU (1221 LOCAL) A PIPER PA 28, N8024N, WAS CONDUCTING HIS INITIAL SOLO AT FAYETTEVILLE AIRPORT ON RUNWAY 4.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD, DAMAGING THE NOSE LANDING GEAR AND THE PROPELLER TIPS OF THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE RUNWAY.  THE STUDENT PILOT (SOLE OCCUPANT) WAS UNINJURED.

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR:        ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^  (NOT ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT)

THE DEPUTY AIRPORT DIRECTOR, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, REQUESTED PERMISSION TO MOVE THE AIRCRAFT.  HE STATED THAT THEY HAD TAKEN MANY PICTURES OF THE AIRCRAFT AND THE DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR.  HE DESCRIBED THE DAMAGE AS ?MINIMAL?.

## Other reports on N8024N (1)

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

- [Incident 20220616010429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220616010429I), Jun 16, 2022: Piper PA-28-140 (N8024N), Whiteville, NC, Minor damage. Columbus County Municipal Airport (kcpc), [privacy data omitted], a PA28, during landing roll-out on runway 06, the aircraft veered off the right side of the…

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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