# Incident 20200710005039I: Piper PA-28-180, Punta Gorda, FL, July 10, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 2020, 09:48 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: N8917J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8917J) (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: 34 total, 30 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200710005039I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 22 AT KPGD, PUNTA GORDA AIRPORT.  THE PILOT SAID THAT HE HAD ALREADY ATTEMPTED TO LAND ONCE, AND DID A GO-AROUND DUE TO THE WIND.  THE SECOND TIME, THE PILOT FELT THAT THE WIND WAS MORE FAVORABLE AND CONTINUED THE APPROACH.  WHILE IN THE FLARE, IT APPEARS THAT THE PILOT LEVELED THE WINGS AND REMOVED ALL CROSSWIND CORRECTION.  THIS RESULTED IN THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTING TO THE LEFT.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH THE LEFT MAIN WHEEL OFF THE RUNWAY.  THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO SHARPLY STEER THE AIRCRAFT BACK ONTO THE RUNWAY, WHICH CAUSED EXCESSIVE SIDE LOADING ON THE NOSE GEAR RESULTING IN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSING.

## Other reports on N8917J (1)

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

- [Incident 19870329029709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870329029709I), Mar 29, 1987: Piper PA28180 (N8917J), Manchester, NH, Minor damage. Nose wheel shimmy on rollout then nose wheel turned left. Strut collapsed causing propeller to strike ground.

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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