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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-181 · Arecibo, PR · September 23, 2025

Date: September 23, 2025 · 11:43 local
Place: Arecibo, PR
Airport: Antonio Nery Juarbe
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator: 6IUS
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N137BC
Reported as: Piper PA-28-181
Reported engine: Lycoming O-360 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Student
Pilot’s flight hours: 64 total64 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N137BCRegistered now · Piper PA-28-181S/N 2843584 · Built 2003 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-181 Engine modelLycoming O-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.

Student pilot while flying on a solo cross country flight, performed a hard landing at the tjab airport in Arecibo puerto rico. The hard landing caused the nose landing gear to separate from the aircraft and the propeller to strike the runway surface. The student pilot stated that she was performing a short field landing as instructed but flared too high and lost lift creating a hard landing. The pilot was not injured.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT PILOT WHILE FLYING ON A SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT, PERFORMED A HARD LANDING AT THE TJAB AIRPORT IN ARECIBO PUERTO RICO. THE HARD LANDING CAUSED THE NOSE LANDING GEAR TO SEPARATE FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY SURFACE. THE STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT SHE WAS PERFORMING A SHORT FIELD LANDING AS INSTRUCTED BUT FLARED TOO HIGH AND LOST LIFT CREATING A HARD LANDING. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.