# Incident 19990805010819I: Piper PA32R301, Stuart, FL, August 5, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 1999, 11:04 local time
- Place: Stuart, FL
- Airport: Witham Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.1817° N, 80.2213° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WITHAM FLD (SUA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.1817&lon=-80.2213&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4136Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4136Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301 (registry code 7103218, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R301
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,532 total, 280 in this make and model, 107 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990805010819I

## Narrative

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

ACFT LANDING ON RWY 16 AT STUART, HAD NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE AND SKID ON RWY DAMAGING FRONT PORTION OF ACFT. (-5)ON AUGUST 05, 1999, DURING TOUCH AND GO LANDING AT STUART AIRORT, MARTIN COUNTY, FLORIDA. PILOT STANLEY E. RIKER WAS INSTRUCTING ROBERT E. DOWNS, WHO WAS FLYING THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.  DURING ROLL OUT MR. DOWNS SELECTED THE GEAR HANDLE TO THE UP POSITION, THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTED AND THE PROP STRUCK THE GROUND CAUSTIN DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE, PROP, AND ENGINE COWLING.  THERE WERE NO KNOWN PRIOR MECHANICAL PROBLEM.

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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