# Incident 19990730022869I: Piper PA32301, Falmouth, MA, July 30, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 1999, 11:30 local time
- Place: Falmouth, MA
- Airport: Falmouth Airpart Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5512° N, 70.6087° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Falmouth, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5512&lon=-70.6087&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8461C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8461C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-301 (registry code 7103207, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32301
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 700 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990730022869I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SHORT OF RUNWAY 250. THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE GROUND HARD ON THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR. THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUT SHEERED APPROXIMATELY TWO INCHES FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE STRUT. THE WHEEL AND DISKS SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT AT THIS POINT. THE AIRCRAFT SLID ON THE LEFT STRUT AND WING FOR APPROXIMATELY 800 FEET ON RUNWAY 25 RUNNING OFF THE RUNWAY AS IT SLID. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP 40 FEET TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY. A WITNESS STATED, THAT THE PILOT STATED, THAT HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO SLOW THE AIRCRAFT DOWN DUE TO THE SHORT LENGTH OF THE FALMOUTH RUNWAY. THE FALMOUTH RUNWAY LENGTH IS 2300'.

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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