# Incident 20190213010259I: Piper PA-28-180, Pagosa Springs, CO, February 13, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 13, 2019, 11:00 local time
- Place: Pagosa Springs, CO
- Airport: Stevens Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2862° N, 107.0560° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at STEVENS FLD (PSO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2862&lon=-107.0560&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7754N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7754N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 46 total, 46 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190213010259I

## Narrative

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

I WAS DOING TOUCH AND GOES AT KPSO, MY HOME FIELD. I MADE MY FIRST TAKE-0FF AT AROUND 1130 MST AND THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AT 1201 MST. MY FIRST LANDING WAS FINE WITH NOTHING UNUSUAL. SECOND TIME AROUND, I WAS SET UP TO LAND AND GOT A SMALL GUST ON FINAL DESCENT THAT PUSHED ME OFF RUNWAY CENTERLINE, SO I DID A GO-AROUND. AS I REACHED ALTITUDE, I CHECKED THE WEATHER TO MAKE SURE THE WIND DIDN'T INCREASE OR CHANGE DIRECTIONS, THE AWOS READ CALM. I CONTINUED IN THE PATTERN AND ON FINAL MY GLIDESLOPE, SPEED AND ALTITUDE WERE ALL GOOD. WHEN I WENT TO LAND, I FLARED TOO SOON AND TOO HIGH. I OVER-CORRECTED AND LET THE NOSE DROP, THEN OVER-CORRECTED BY PULLING THE NOSE UP. BY THE TIME I PULLED THE NOSE UP, I HAD SUNK AND THE PLANE SMACKED INTO THE RUNWAY. I ATTEMPTED TO USE THE RUDDERS TO KEEP THE AIRPLANE ON THE RUNWAY, BUT THE AIRCRAFT VEERED RIGFHT AND CAME TO REST HALFWAY OFF THE RUNWAY, INTO THE SNOW. I CALLED FOR HELP ON UNICOM, AND THE MANAGER OF THE FBO AND THE MANAGER OF THE AIRPORT CAME OUT TO INSPECT THE DAMAGE. AS THEY WERE ON THEIR WAY OUT TO THE SCENE, I SHUT OFF ALL THE EQUIPMENT, AND FUEL,  THEN CLIMBED OUT THRU THE DOOR OF THE AIRCRAFT. UPON EXITING THE AIRCRAFT, I NOTICED THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS OFF, BUT THE STRUT WAS STILL EXTENDED, AND THE TIPS OF THE  PROP WERE BENT. THE MANAGERS SAFELY REMOVED THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE SNOW AND RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N7754N (1)

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

- [Incident 20051116028979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051116028979I), Nov 16, 2005: Piper PA28180 (N7754N), Novato, CA, Minor damage. (-23) Aircraft N7754N, Piper PA28, pilot was in the practicing touch and go landings at marin county airport at Gnoss field (dvo). Aircraft landed hard and…

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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