# Incident 20220215001949I: Piper PA-28-181, Lexington, KY, February 15, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 15, 2022, 09:55 local time
- Place: Lexington, KY
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9887° N, 84.4777° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lexington, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9887&lon=-84.4777&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9258C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9258C) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 76 total, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220215001949I

## Narrative

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

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

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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