# Incident 19981220033589I: Piper PA46350P, Hayden, CO, December 20, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 1998, 18:40 local time
- Place: Hayden, CO
- Airport: Yampa Valley
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4812° N, 107.2177° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at YAMPA VALLEY (HDN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4812&lon=-107.2177&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9281F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9281F-2015-08-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA 46-350P (registry code 7104620, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-350p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA46350P
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,025 total, 400 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981220033589I

## Narrative

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

ON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1998, AT APPROXIMATELY 1840 MST, N9281F LANDED TO THE LEFT OF RUNWAY 28 AT HAYDEN, COLORADO. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED, CAUSING MINOR SUBSEQUENT DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT AND ONE (1) PASSENGER ON BOARD WERE NOT INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER FAR PART 091 AT THE TIME OF THE OCCURENCE. LIGHT SNOW WAS PREVALENT AT THE TIME, HOWEVER VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE HAD MADE A GPS APPROACH TO RUNWAY 28 AND HAD THE VASI IN SIGHT. E STAED THAT EVEN THOUGH HE COULD NOT SEE THE RUNWAY LIGHTS, HE MISTAKENLY THOUGHT HE HAD THE RUNWAY AND LANDED SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET TO THE LEFT. EVEN THOUGH THE RUNWAY WAS REPORTED TO BE SNOWPACKED, AIRPORT AUTHORITY REPRESENTATIVES STATED THAT THE RUNWAY LIGHTS WERE OPERATING NORMALLY AND CLEARED OF SNOW.

## Other reports on N9281F (1)

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

- [Accident 20140303003429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140303003429A), Mar 3, 2014: Piper PA 46-350P (N9281F), Truckee, CA, Substantial damage, 1 fatal. Piper pa 46 350P, N9281F, collided with terrain approximately 5 miles east of the Truckee-Tahoe airport, Truckee, California. The pilot was in communications…

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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