Piper PA-28-180 N7461W

Summary

On 2 October 2023 at about 23:15 local time, a Piper PA-28-180 registered N7461W was involved in an accident near Gallipolis, Ohio, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

2 October 2023 at 23:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Gallipolis, Ohio, United States

Nearest airport

Gallia-Meigs Rgnl (GAS)

Coordinates

38.8341, -82.1634

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-180

Registration

N7461W

Category

Airplane

Year built

1963

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Charleston → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

ERA24LA002

Nobody was injured.

A collapse of the nose landing gear during landing, which resulted in a runway excursion and collision with an approach lighting system.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The student pilot approached the runway for landing and described that the main landing gear first touched down first. The nose landing gear then contacted the runway and immediately collapsed. The student pilot applied the brakes and the airplane departed the left side of the runway onto the grass. The airplane struck a lighting system and came to rest about 35 ft from the runway, which resulted in substantial damage to the right wing. The student pilot reported “there were no visible signs of mechanical failure” on the nose landing gear prior to the accident flight, and a Federal Aviation Administration inspector who examined the nose landing gear after the accident did not observe any mechanical discrepancies.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.