# Incident 19950516014069I: Piper PA32300, Bluefield, WV, May 16, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 1995, 23:00 local time
- Place: Bluefield, WV
- Airport: Mercer County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2959° N, 81.2075° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERCER COUNTY (BLF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2959&lon=-81.2075&mi=10
- Aircraft: N316V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N316V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1C5
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 525 total, 28 in this make and model, 63 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950516014069I

## Narrative

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

RUNWAY LIGHTS ON LOW. LANDING LIGHT INOPERATIVE. BOUNCED PORPOISED LANDING. FOLDED NOSE GEAR DUE OVERSTRESS.

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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