# Incident 19960829044559I: Piper PA46310P, Easton, PA, August 29, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 29, 1996, 13:30 local time
- Place: Easton, PA
- Airport: Easton Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6861° N, 75.2181° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Easton, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6861&lon=-75.2181&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4694Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4694Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-46-310P (registry code 7104605, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-310p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA46310P
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,381 total, 90 in this make and model, 42 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960829044559I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT WAS ON A FLIGHT TO CHECK AVIONICS MAINTENANCE PERFORMED ON AIRPLANE AT N43. ENGINE IDLE HAD BEEN RAISED FROM 550 TO 700 TO MEET SPECIFICATIONS. LANDING WAS MADE DOWNWIND TO RUNWAY 18. ON FINAL, THE PILOT REPORTED HE HAD THE THROTTLE ALL THE WAY BACK, BUT THE AIRPLANE JUST FLOATED. EVENTUALLY THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN, BUT WAS WELL DOWN THE RUNWAY AND HIGH ON AIRSPEED. THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE AIRPLANE AND WENT OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE NOSE WHEEL WENT OVER A MOUND OF DIRT, WHICH CAUSED IT TO GO UP IN THE AIR. IT CAME BACK DOWN HARD, WHICH CAUSED THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE. THIS CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. SUBMISSION OF THIS REPORT COMPLETES THIS INVESTIGATION.

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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