# Incident 20000612011499I: Piper PA31310, Asheville, NC, June 12, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 12, 2000, 20:27 local time
- Place: Asheville, NC
- Airport: Asheville Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EVTA
- Location: 35.4361° N, 82.5420° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ASHEVILLE RGNL (AVL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4361&lon=-82.5420&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5JX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5JX-2008-01-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-310 (registry code 7103102, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IGSO-540-B1A (registry code 41535, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-igso-540-b1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31310
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540A2B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,910 total, 157 in this make and model, 248 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000612011499I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON WEDNESDAY MAY 10, 2000, AT APPROXIMATELY 2027Z, A PIPER (N5JX) WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT THE ASHEVILLE AIRPORT. THE PILOT STATES THAT THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP WITH DAMAGE TO THE FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT AND POSSIBLE ENGINE AND PROPELLER DAMAGES.

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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