# Incident 20210527010119I: Piper PA-28-140, Cisco, TX, May 27, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 2021, 11:00 local time
- Place: Cisco, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.3874° N, 98.9819° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cisco, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3874&lon=-98.9819&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9988W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9988W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (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-28-140
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,715 total, 138 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210527010119I

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 27, 2021, AT APPROXIMATELY 1100, A PIPER PA-28-140 AIRCRAFT BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER N9988W, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, PERFORMED A NOSE DOWN HARD LANDING RESULTING IN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSING AT KGZN IN CISCO TEXAS.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE, AND THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM ABILENE TEXAS, KABI, ON MAY 27, 2021 AT APPROXIMATELY 1040.

## Other reports on N9988W (1)

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

- [Incident 20180419003839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180419003839I), Apr 19, 2018: Piper PA-28-140 (N9988W), Abilene, TX, Minor damage. On April 19, 2018, at approximately 0845 CDT, N9988W, a Piper 28-140, experienced a shimmy in the nose wheel due to wind gusts on take-off departure roll at…

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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