# Incident 20210430002789I: Piper PA-28-181, New Ulm, MN, April 30, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 2021, 12:09 local time
- Place: New Ulm, MN
- Airport: New Ulm Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: TBDS
- Location: 44.3184° N, 94.5016° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEW ULM MUNI (ULM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3184&lon=-94.5016&mi=10
- Aircraft: N92505, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N92505) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (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-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 36 total, 36 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210430002789I

## Narrative

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

2021-04-30 N92505 SOLO PRIVATE PILOT STUDENT (SP) ON THE FIRST SOLO CROSS COUNTRY COLLAPSED THE NOSE GEAR ON FIRST LANDING ATTEMPT A KULM

ON THE DAY OF THE FLIGHT THE CFI AND STUDENT PILOT MET AND REVIEWED HER QUESTIONS/CONFIRMED HER PLAN/REVIEWED THE WEATHER. SHE TOOK OFF FROM KFCM AND ARRIVED AT KULM, PROUD OF HERSELF FOR FINDING THE AIRPORT SO QUICKLY. THE SP ANNOUNCED HER PLAN TO KULM TRAFFIC AND ENTERED THE PATTERN ON THE DOWNWIND.  AFTER TURNING BASE, SHE DECIDED TO DO A GO-AROUND TO ENSURE CONFIDENCE FOR LANDING AND ALLOW TIME TO PREPARE AND IDENTIFY IF THE WINDS HAD CHANGED. FLAPS WERE SET AND THE SP FELT CONFIDENT IN THE LANDING. THE SP REMEMBERED BEING FAST AS THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN. SHE LANDED FLAT, THE PLANE BEGAN TO ?LEAPFROG? OF SORTS, AND IT BOUNCED THREE TIMES. AS STUDENT PILOT, HAVING NEVER DEALT WITH THIS, THE SP STATED SHE FELT UNQUALIFIED TO RECOVER IN THAT MOMENT. AFTER RECOGNIZING THERE WAS A PROP STRIKE, BRAKES WERE APPLIED AND THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED MID-RUNWAY. THE SP FOLLOWED PROCEDURES, INFORMED THE AIRSPACE, SHUT DOWN THE PLANE AND CONTACTED HER CFI AND FLIGHT SCHOOL.

## Other reports on N92505 (4)

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

- [Accident 20231129019049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231129019049A), Nov 29, 2023: Piper PA-28-181 (N92505), Glencoe, MN, Substantial damage. Approximately 5 seconds after touchdown several deer ran accross the runway. 1 deer was hit with the propeller and a second deer impacted the engine cowling.…
- [Incident 20141009017789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141009017789I), Oct 9, 2014: Piper PA-28-181 (N92505), Crystal, MN, Minor damage. On a VFR flight from mic to stp, after departing runway 32L at mic, the pilot stated that a turn to the east was initiated per instruction of ATC. A loud noise…
- [Accident 20030323003999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030323003999A), Mar 23, 2003: Piper PA28181 (N92505), Owatonna, MN, Substantial damage. (-23) Aircraft veered left off runway at touchdown. Pilot used power to minimize damage as airplane crossed taxiway and two ditches. Winds 60 degree right…
- [Accident 19951116036659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951116036659A), Nov 16, 1995: Piper PA28181 (N92505), Edwards, CA, Substantial damage. Lost brakes taxi for takeoff. Found fluid leaking and smoking brake. Fire erupted. Brakes showed over use. Heated.

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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