# Incident 19980907041019I: Piper PA32RT300T, Ardmore, OK, September 7, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 1998, 19:02 local time
- Place: Ardmore, OK
- Airport: Ardmore Mini Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1743° N, 97.1436° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ardmore, OK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1743&lon=-97.1436&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4432B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4432B-2021-01-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300T (registry code 7103216, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300T
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 800 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/19980907041019I

## Narrative

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

(-5)FROM: RANDY L FOSTER  TO:  TERENCE T CARR  SUBJECT:  RE:  INCIDENT AT ADM  THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOCATED ON THE RAMP IN FRONT OF THE CONTROL TOWER. ALL GEAR WERE EXTENDED.  I FOUND THAT DAMAGE WAS RESTRICTED TO THE NOSE GEAR, COWLING, AND PROPELLER.  THE NOSE GEAR WHEEL WAS COCKED AS IF THE NOSE WHEEL AXLE WAS BENT UPWARD AND TO THE REAR OF THE AIRCRAFT.  THIS INDICATED THAT THERE WAS HEAVY IMPACT TO THE NOSE GEAR DURING A LANDING.  MAIN GEAR HAD NOT BEEN DAMAGED.  THE NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR WAS EXTENDED AND THE ROD WAS BENT SEVERELY.  GRINDING MARKS WERE ON THE INSIDE OF THE NOSE GEAR DOORS WHERE THEY WERE DRIVEN OPEN AND CONTACTED THE RUNWAY.  BOTH NOSE GEAR DOOR LINKAGES WERE BROKEN FROM THE ACTUATING MECHANISM.  THE PROPELLER BLADES WERE CURLED UP APPROX 1/2 OF THEIR LENGTH.  THE NOSE COWLING HAD WORN THRU IN THE FORWARD LOWER AREA DUE TO CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY.  TELECON WITH PILOT:  PILOT STATED HE HAD A NORMAL LANDING AND ROLLED OUT APPROX 100 FEET BEFORE EXPERIENCING A LOUD BANG AS IF HE HIT SOMETHING ON THE RUNWAY AND THE NOSE GEAR THEN FOLDED.  HE ALSO SAID THAT THERE HAD BEEN RECENT BLACKTOP PATCHES PUT ON THE RUNWAY AND HE FELT THAT HE HAD HIT ONE OF THOSE AREAS.  PILOT EST IMATED THAT THE PATCH WAS 6 INCHES ABOVE THE RUNWAY TOP AND HE FELT THIS IS WHAT CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^                                                                       RANDY L. FOSTER

## Other reports on N4432B (1)

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

- [Incident 20030528021889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030528021889I), May 28, 2003: Piper PA32RT300T (N4432B), Waco, TX, Minor damage. (-23) On may 28, 2003, Mr. Mark owen, owner and pilot-in-command of N4432B, a PA32RT-300T, departed san antonio international airport for Waco airport. Mr.…

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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