# Incident 20200110003399I: Piper PA-28-180, Punta Gorda, FL, January 10, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 10, 2020, 10:04 local time
- Place: Punta Gorda, FL
- Airport: Punta Gorda
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.9186° N, 81.9909° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PUNTA GORDA (PGD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.9186&lon=-81.9909&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7786W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7786W) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 249 total, 7 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200110003399I

## Narrative

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

ON 01/10/2020, N7786W DEPARTED PUNTA GORDA (PGD), FL, TO CONDUCT SOME PRACTICE INSTRUMENT APPROACHES FOR THE IFR STUDENT PILOT. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC), THE TRAINING WAS COMPLETE AND HE REMOVED THE FOGGLES AND FLEW THE REMAINDER OF THE APPROACH AS VISUAL, UPON THE NOSE WHEEL TOUCHING DOWN THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT QUITE RAPIDLY AND HE WAS UNABLE TO BRING THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT BACK IN LINE WITH THE RUNWAY. IN ADDITION, THE (CFI) STATED HE APPLIED LEFT RUDDER PEDAL TO COUNTER THE TURN AND THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO SKID TO THE RIGHT, DEPARTING THE RUNWAY COLLAPSING THE NOSE GEAR.

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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