# Incident 19950305015029I: Piper PA32RT300T, Raton, NM, March 5, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 5, 1995, 10:55 local time
- Place: Raton, NM
- Airport: Lamesa Park
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.8570° N, 104.4484° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at La Mesa Park Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8570&lon=-104.4484&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2245A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2245A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300T (registry code 7103216, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300T
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950305015029I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON MARCH 3, 1995, AT 10:55 MST, PILOT AKROYD COMPLETED A LANDING ON RUNWAY 17 AT THE LA MESA PARK AIRPORT, RATON, NM. DURING THE LANDING ROLLOUT, THE NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED OFF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIMITED TO THE PROPELLER AND UNDERSIDE OF THE NOSE COWLING. THE OWNER OF THE AIRCRAFT, MR. JOHN LACKEY, REPORTS THAT WHEN THEY ATTEMPTED TO EXTEND THE NOSEWHEEL, THEY DISCOVERED THAT THE NOSE GEAR CYLINDER HAD A FLUID LOCK HOLDING IT IN THE RETRACTED POSITION. IT WAS NECESSARY TO OPERATE THE EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR EXTENTION SYSTEM TO EXTEND THE NOSE GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT IS UNDERGOING REPAIR AT THE PRESENT TIME AND IT IS EXPECTED THAT A M OR D REPORT WILL BE ISSUED IN THE NEAR FUTURE. 195SW010015

## Other reports on N2245A (1)

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

- [Incident 20050825023749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050825023749I), Aug 25, 2005: Piper PA32RT300T (N2245A), Las Animas, CO, Minor damage. (-23) On August 25, 2005, at 1040 hrs local, aircraft N2245A, a Piper turbo lance, PA-32RT-300T, landed long and ran off the end of the runway at Las Animas,…

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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