# Incident 19960703025209I: Piper PA46350P, San Carlos, CA, July 3, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 3, 1996, 16:50 local time
- Place: San Carlos, CA
- Airport: San Carlos Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.5119° N, 122.2495° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN CARLOS (SQL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5119&lon=-122.2495&mi=10
- Aircraft: N844T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N844T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA 46-350P (registry code 7104620, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-350p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA46350P
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,700 total, 550 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960703025209I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT STATED AT APPROXIMATELY 16:50 LOCAL TIME ON JULY 3, 1996 HE LANDED ON RUNWAY 30 AT SAN CARLOS AIRPORT, SAN CARLOS, CA AND AFTER TOUCH DOWN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO NOSE OVER ONTO THE RUNWAY. MAINTENANCE FACILITY WILL PROVIDE REPORT FOLLOWING INSPECTION AND TESTING OF THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM. NO PILOT DEVIATION AND NO 8010-11 GENERATED.

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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