# Incident 19980503014199I: Piper PA32R301, Chapel Hill, NC, May 3, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 1998, 16:45 local time
- Place: Chapel Hill, NC
- Airport: Horace Williams Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9283° N, 79.0401° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chapel Hill, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9283&lon=-79.0401&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3575A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3575A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301 (registry code 7103218, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R301
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 50 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980503014199I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ALLISON REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED AN ELECTRICAL POWER FAILURE AND HAD TO EXTEND THE GEAR USING THE EMERGENCY MANUAL EXTENSION SYSTEM. WHEN HE LANDED, THE NOSE GEAR BEGAN TO RETRACT BECAUSE IT WAS NOT LOCKED IN POSITION. HE ARRESTED THE NOSE FROM PITCHING DOWN AND STRIKING THE GROUND BY QUICKLY PULLING BACK ON THE YOKE BUT NOT BEFORE THE PROP STRUCK THE GROUND. THE NOSE GEAR APPARENTLY SWUNG OUT A SECOND TIME AND THIS TIME IT LOCKED. AS THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED DOWN THE RUNWAY, THE RIGHT GEAR COLLAPSED, ALLOWING THE RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE TO CONTACT A RUNWAY LIGHT. AS A GROUND CREW ATTEMPTED TO LIFT THE RIGHT WING OFF THE GROUND, THE LEFT GEAR COLLAPSED.

## Other reports on N3575A (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19831212060389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831212060389A), Dec 12, 1983: Piper PA32R301 (N3575A), Barrow, AK, Substantial damage. Crash occurred during emergency landing after engine quit. Fuel flow injector was not allowing full flow of fuel.
- [Accident 19830110005759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830110005759A), Jan 10, 1983: Piper PA32R301 (N3575A), Wainwright, AK, Substantial damage. Pilot allowed aircraft to touchdown long and run off end of slippery runway.

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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