# Incident 20240213001499I: Piper PA-28-140, Evansville, IN, February 13, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 13, 2024, 13:40 local time
- Place: Evansville, IN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9748° N, 87.5558° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Evansville, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9748&lon=-87.5558&mi=10
- Aircraft: N287P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N287P) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 47 total, 47 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240213001499I

## Narrative

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

ON 2/13/24 A STUDENT PILOT WAS PERFORMING A CROSS-COUNTRY SOLO FLIGHT FROM EVANSVILL REGIONAL AIRPORT (KEVV), EVANSVILLE, IN TO MARION MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KMZZ), MARION, IN AND RETURN TO KEVV . THE PILOT STATED THE PRE-FLIGHT CHECK, TAXI AND TAKEOFF WERE NORMAL AT EVV AND THE LANDING AND TAKEOFF FROM KMZZ WERE NORMAL WITH NO ISSUES.

UPON ARRIVAL INTO EVV, THE PILOT ATTEMPTED A LANDING, BOUNCED AND INITIATED A GO AROUND. DURING A SECOND LANDING ATTEMPT, THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY. NO INJURIES.

THIS REPORT MAY BE AMENDED AS FURTHER INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

## Other reports on N287P (1)

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

- [Incident 20260309002479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260309002479I), Mar 9, 2026: Piper PA-28-140 (N287P), Evansville, IN, Minor damage. A Piper PA-28-140 departed kevv in VMC conditions on an instructional flight. Instructor had the student practicing crosswind landings. On the 5th approach and…

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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