19980124000569A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-32RT-300 · Taos, NM · January 24, 1998

Date
January 24, 1998 · 13:15 local
Place
Taos, NM
Airport
Taos Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N376AA
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW98LA106
Reported as
Piper PA32RT300
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540K1G5D
People aboard
6
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
310 total4 in this make and model8 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Landed downwind. Went off side runway near end unable stop. Had bounced and porpoised folding right main gear. (-23) aircraft rented front range airport. 303-261-9626. Colo. Address is privacy data omitted no injuries. Substantial damage. Six on board. VFR flight plan. Wx received from flight watch enroute and used flight following from denver (cancelled prior to landing). On landing, aircraft felt like it was pulling right. Powered up to abort, but was too slow. Aborted. Plane ballooned. Touched down again holding on left main, but when settled on right wheel, pulled off the right of rwy 22. Right gear collapsed.

As the FAA filed it

LANDED DOWNWIND. WENT OFF SIDE RUNWAY NEAR END UNABLE STOP. HAD BOUNCED AND PORPOISED FOLDING RIGHT MAIN GEAR. (-23) AIRCRAFT RENTED FRONT RANGE AIRPORT. 303-261-9626. COLO. ADDRESS IS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ NO INJURIES. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. SIX ON BOARD. VFR FLIGHT PLAN. WX RECEIVED FROM FLIGHT WATCH ENROUTE AND USED FLIGHT FOLLOWING FROM DENVER (CANCELLED PRIOR TO LANDING). ON LANDING, AIRCRAFT FELT LIKE IT WAS PULLING RIGHT. POWERED UP TO ABORT, BUT WAS TOO SLOW. ABORTED. PLANE BALLOONED. TOUCHED DOWN AGAIN HOLDING ON LEFT MAIN, BUT WHEN SETTLED ON RIGHT WHEEL, PULLED OFF THE RIGHT OF RWY 22. RIGHT GEAR COLLAPSED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.