# Incident 20200217000649I: Piper PA-28-151, Block Island, RI, February 17, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 17, 2020, 11:15 local time
- Place: Block Island, RI
- Airport: Block Island State
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1681° N, 71.5778° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BLOCK ISLAND STATE (BID), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1681&lon=-71.5778&mi=10
- Aircraft: N214SA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N214SA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-151 (registry code 7102805, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (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-28-151
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 601 total, 550 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200217000649I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRPORT MANAGER STATED N214SA WAS "HIGH AND HOT" ON FINAL AND TOUCHED DOWN APPROXIMATELY HALF WAY DOWN RUNWAY 10 AND PORPOISED ON THE RUNWAY CAUSING THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE GROUND AND THE NOSE GEAR TO STRIKE THE PAVEMENT WITH SUFFICIENT FORCE TO BREAK OFF A PIECE OF THE NOSE GEAR WHEEL CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TIRE TO DEFLATE.  MARKINGS WERE FOUND ON THE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 1,364' FROM THE RUNWAY 10 THRESHOLD 10' LEFT OF CENTERLINE WHERE THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE PAVEMENT THREE TIMES.  AFTER THE NOSE GEAR TIRE DEFLATED, THE AIRCRAFT THEN VEERED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND CAME TO REST IN THE GRASS AREA.  WIND AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WERE REPORTED AS VARIABLE AT 5 KNOTS.

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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