# Incident 19951115040629I: Piper PA60601P, Lynchburg, VA, November 15, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 15, 1995, 20:05 local time
- Place: Lynchburg, VA
- Airport: Lynchburg Municipal-Preston Glenn
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3254° N, 79.2012° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LYNCHBURG RGNL/PRESTON GLENN FLD (LYH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3254&lon=-79.2012&mi=10
- Aircraft: N13LH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N13LH-2021-07-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Smith AEROSTAR 601P (registry code 8360608, https://openairdocs.org/model/smith-aerostar-601p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA60601P
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,200 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 85 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951115040629I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED DURING LANDING ROLL-OUT, DUE TO TOTAL LOSS OF HYDRAULIC FLUID. NOSE OF AIRCRAFT AND ALL BLADES ON BOTH PROPELLERS HIT THE RUNWAY. NOSE GEAR DOORS WERE BADLY DAMAGED. LOWER NOSE SKIN AROUND GEAR WELL WAS ABRADED, EXPOSING FRAMES. PROPELLER BLADE TIPS WERE BENT BACK APPROXIMATELY THREE INCHES. SOURCE OF LEAK WAS LATER DETERMINED TO BE A FAILED FLARE, ON THE HYDRAULIC PRESSURE LINE FROM THE HYDRAULIC PUMP TO THE PRESSURE REGULATOR, UNDER THE REAR BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT FLOOR.

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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