19870511024429I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32-260 · Eureka, AK · May 11, 1987

Date: May 11, 1987 · 12:45 local
Place: Eureka, AK
Airport: Busch Creek
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N243AA
Reported as: Piper PA32260
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 9,000 total260 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

N243AARegistration cancelled Aug 14, 2012 · Piper PA-32-260S/N 32-774 · Built 1966 Airframe modelPiper PA-32-260 Engine modelLycoming 0-540 seriesReciprocating

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.

Nose gear collapsed after encountering a soft spot on selected landing surface.

As the FAA filed it

NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER ENCOUNTERING A SOFT SPOT ON SELECTED LANDING SURFACE.