# Incident 19990210041609I: Piper PA60601, Greer, SC, February 10, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 10, 1999, 15:33 local time
- Place: Greer, SC
- Airport: Greenville-Spartanburg
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: FPMA
- Location: 34.8957° N, 82.2189° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG INTL (GSP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8957&lon=-82.2189&mi=10
- Aircraft: N29DP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA60601
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,000 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990210041609I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON 02-10-99, AT 1533 HOURS, MR. WILLIAM SMITH LANDED N29DP, A TED SMITH AEROSTAR, AT THE GREENVILLE AIRPORT (GSP), SC. ON ROLLOUT, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE CENTERLINE OF THE RUNWAY.  MR. SMITH, THE PILOT, STATED THAT HE HAD THREE GREEN DOWN AND LOCKED GEAR LIGHTS BEFORE LANDING. THE PASSENGER ON THE AIRCRAFT  STATED THAT HE NOTED THE GREEN LIGHTS AND THE GREENVILLE ATCT CONFIRMED THAT THE GEAR WAS DOWN BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE OCCUPANTS AND DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS MINOR.  THE INVESTIGATION INCLUDED A REVIEW OF THE MAINTENANCE RECORDS AND REVEALED NO MAINTENANCE.

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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