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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-161 · Atlanta, GA · February 27, 2026

Date
February 27, 2026 · 16:15 local
Place
Atlanta, GA
Airport
Fulton Co
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
4FGS
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2901Q
Reported as
Piper PA-28-161
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Pilot stated she was coming in for landing with runway assured. She stated she entered ground effect and nose gear hit the runway and then the aircraft porpoised, and ran off side of runway, causing the nose tire to blow, and the prop to strike the runway. Pilot stated she then realized she should have initiated a go around. Aircraft prop tips were curled, MLG support rods bent, and nose tire deflated. Recommend poi counsel pilot regarding descent rate and landing procedures.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATED SHE WAS COMING IN FOR LANDING WITH RUNWAY ASSURED. SHE STATED SHE ENTERED GROUND EFFECT AND NOSE GEAR HIT THE RUNWAY AND THEN THE AIRCRAFT PORPOISED, AND RAN OFF SIDE OF RUNWAY, CAUSING THE NOSE TIRE TO BLOW, AND THE PROP TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY. PILOT STATED SHE THEN REALIZED SHE SHOULD HAVE INITIATED A GO AROUND. AIRCRAFT PROP TIPS WERE CURLED, MLG SUPPORT RODS BENT, AND NOSE TIRE DEFLATED. RECOMMEND POI COUNSEL PILOT REGARDING DESCENT RATE AND LANDING PROCEDURES.

Other reports on N2901Q · 3

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