# Incident 19980331011979I: Piper PA32300, Levelland, TX, March 31, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 31, 1998, 09:30 local time
- Place: Levelland, TX
- Airport: Levelland Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5525° N, 102.3725° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LEVELLAND MUNI (LLN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5525&lon=-102.3725&mi=10
- Aircraft: N31569, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N31569) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540B1C5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,600 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980331011979I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT WAS LANDING RUNWAY 35 AT Q24 (LEVELLAND, TX). WINDS WERE ESTIMATED TO BE 280 DEGREES AT 22, GUSTING TO 27 KNOTS. AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT (WEST) COLLAPSING THE NOSE GEAR.

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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