# Incident 19970122002249I: Piper PA60600, Gaithersburg, MD, January 22, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 22, 1997, 19:10 local time
- Place: Gaithersburg, MD
- Airport: Montgomery County Arpk Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1683° N, 77.1660° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MONTGOMERY COUNTY AIRPARK (GAI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1683&lon=-77.1660&mi=10
- Aircraft: N600JK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N600JK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Smith AEROSTAR 600 (registry code 8360602, https://openairdocs.org/model/smith-aerostar-600) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA60600
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970122002249I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT WAS ON IFR FLIGHT FROM FLORENCE, SC TO GAITHERSBURG, MD. AT 2312 UTC HE CANCELED IFR FLIGHT PLAN AND PROCEEDED VFR TO RUNWAY 32. PILOT REPORTED NORMAL APPROACH AND TOUCHDOWN. SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHDOWN DURING ROLLOUT HE APPLIED BRAKES AND FELT SLIGHT LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL TO LEFT. AS THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO SLOW THE LEFT TURNING TENDENCY CONTINUED AND AIRCRAFT REMAINED UNDER CONTROL. AIRCRAFT STOPPED WELL LEFT OF CENTERLINE AND PILOT NOTICED LEFT MAIN HAD COLLAPSED OUTWARD. HE DOES NOT RECALL ANY WHEEL BRAKE LOCKING OR INDICATION OF MECHANICAL LEFT MAIN GEAR FAILURE. PILOT REPORTED THE RUNWAY WAS WET WITH LIGHT RAIN AND POSSIBLE HYDROPLANE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED AND TOWED FROM THE ACTIVE RUNWAY. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION BY INSPECTORS FROM THIS OFFICE CONFIRMED DAMAGE TO LEFT MAIN GEAR, COWLING, WHEEL WELL, AND LEFT ENGINE PROPELLER/DAMAGE CLASSIFIED AS MINOR. PILOT MAINTAINS ROUTINE PA-60 PROFICIENCY TRAINING AND HAS CONSIDERABLE FLIGHT EXPERIENCE IN TYPE. INITIAL INVESTIGATION WILL EMPHASIZE HYDROPLANE POTENTIAL AND WILL INCLUDE VISUAL INSPECTION OF RUNWAY. RUNWAY IS SCHEDULED FOR MAINTENANCE AND RE-PAVING. WILL COORDINATE WITH FAA-ADO IF NECESSARY.

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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