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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-181 · Lexington, KY · February 15, 2022

Date: February 15, 2022 · 09:55 local
Place: Lexington, KY
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9258C
Reported as: Piper PA-28-181
Reported engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 76 total12 in the last 90 days

N9258CRegistered now · Piper PA-28-181S/N 2843002 · Built 1995 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-181 Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The FSDO received a email on 2/16/2022 about a Piper PA-28A, N9258C, which had a hard landing at lex around 0255Z on 2/15/2022 . The pilot stated that he was landing with a crosswind and having difficulty getting the lights to come on the aircraft and misjudged his position, which resulted in a hard landing to the nose gear. When the nose landing gear hit, the tire separated from the nose strut and the aircraft had a prop strike. The aircraft sustained only damage to the nose gear and prop. According to logbook records, pilot was not night current at the time of the incident and the improper cross-wind landing technique resulted in aircraft damage

As the FAA filed it

THE FSDO RECEIVED A EMAIL ON 2/16/2022 ABOUT A PIPER PA-28A, N9258C, WHICH HAD A HARD LANDING AT LEX AROUND 0255Z ON 2/15/2022 . THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS LANDING WITH A CROSSWIND AND HAVING DIFFICULTY GETTING THE LIGHTS TO COME ON THE AIRCRAFT AND MISJUDGED HIS POSITION, WHICH RESULTED IN A HARD LANDING TO THE NOSE GEAR. WHEN THE NOSE LANDING GEAR HIT, THE TIRE SEPARATED FROM THE NOSE STRUT AND THE AIRCRAFT HAD A PROP STRIKE. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED ONLY DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR AND PROP. ACCORDING TO LOGBOOK RECORDS, PILOT WAS NOT NIGHT CURRENT AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT AND THE IMPROPER CROSS-WIND LANDING TECHNIQUE RESULTED IN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE