# Incident 20000512027809I: Piper PA46350P, Indianapolis, IN, May 12, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 2000, 17:15 local time
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Airport: Metropolitan Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7684° N, 86.1580° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Indianapolis, IN, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7684&lon=-86.1580&mi=10
- Aircraft: N46PT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N46PT) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,900 total, 30 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000512027809I

## Narrative

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

(-23)A/C N46PT WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 15 AT INDIANAPOLIS METRO AIRPORT. THE PILOT SAYS HE SAW THREE GREEN LANDING GEAR LIGHTS AND THEN CONTINUED TO COMPLETE THE LANDING.  UPON LANDING THE AIRCRAFT THE A/C SLOWED TO APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH WHEN THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED.  THE PROP WAS DAMAGED AND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR AND SURROUNDING SHEET METAL WAS DAMAGED.  THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH DAMAGE TO CONSTITUTE AN ACCIDENT.

## Other reports on N46PT (2)

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

- [Incident 20100425032779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100425032779I), Apr 25, 2010: Piper PA 46-350P (N46PT), Owensboro, KY, Minor damage. Pilot reports that during cruise flight, 15000 ft., 188 KTS TAS, 27 degree f. OAT, the cockpit left side window broke and the aircraft depressurized. All other…
- [Incident 20061203029389I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061203029389I), Dec 3, 2006: Piper PA46350P (N46PT), Atlanta, GA, Minor damage. (-23) On December 3, 2006, at approx. 1230 EST, Piper aircraft PA-46-350P, registration number N46PT while enroute from ft myers, page airport (kfmy) to…

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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