# Incident 20230505006569I: Piper PA-28-180, Rock Springs, WY, May 5, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 2023, 10:25 local time
- Place: Rock Springs, WY
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5947° N, 109.2209° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rock Springs, WY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5947&lon=-109.2209&mi=10
- Aircraft: N349ER, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N349ER) (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: 64 total, 64 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230505006569I

## Narrative

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

PIC OBSERVED THE CURRENT WEATHER CONDITIONS AND FOUND THEM TO BE WITHIN STUDENT PILOT SOLO LIMITATION. PILOT WENT OUT FLYING AROUND 9:30AM TO DO SOME PATTERN WORK. THIS MORNING THE WEATHER WAS SHOWING, “VARIABLE.” PILOT LISTENED TO THE WEATHER AGAIN IN THE PLANE IT WAS UPDATED TO, “CALM.” UPON LANDING, THE TOUCHDOWN WAS SMOOTH, BUT WHEN THE FRONT NOSE GEAR TOUCHED THE RUNWAY PILOT NOTICED THE AIRCRAFT PULLING TO THE LEFT. PILOT TRIED TO CORRECT BUT IT WAS TOO LATE. THE PLANE SLID OFF THE RUNWAY AND THE NOSE GEAR BUCKLED.

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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