# Incident 19980608045309I: Piper PA32R300, Tampa, FL, June 8, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 1998, 17:40 local time
- Place: Tampa, FL
- Airport: Peter O Knight Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9154° N, 82.4494° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PETER O KNIGHT (TPF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9154&lon=-82.4494&mi=10
- Aircraft: N727SD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N727SD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,650 total, 400 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980608045309I

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 8, 1999 AT 1740 HOURS A PA-32R-300 OWNED BY TAMPA BAY AVIATION INC. AND OPERATED BY EWELL SMITH EXPERIENCED A NOSE GEAR FAILURE ON LANDING. VFR FLIGHT CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED. THE PIC HOLDS A COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE (ASEL/AMEL) WITH INSTRUMENT RATING. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT PETER O'KNIGHT AIRPORT AT APPROPRIATELY 1600 HOURS. PILOT STATES THAT HE HAD THREE GREEN LIGHT ON FINAL APPROACH. PILOT STATED THAT HE TOUCHED DOWN WITH THE MAIN GEAR FIRST AND THEN THE NOSE COLLAPSED. LINEMAN FROM TAMPA FLYING STATED THAT HE OBSERVED THE MAIN GEAR DOWN PRIOR TO LANDING.

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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