# Incident 20000630034789I: Piper PA24260, Montgomery, NY, June 30, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 2000, 22:00 local time
- Place: Montgomery, NY
- Airport: Orange County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5118° N, 74.2635° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORANGE COUNTY (MGJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5118&lon=-74.2635&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9055P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9055P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 118 total, 55 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000630034789I

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT PILOT WAS FLYING SOLO AT NIGHT WITHOUT AN ENDORSEMENT TO DO SO. AIRCRAFT STALLED AND LANDED NOSE WHEEL FIRST, DESTROYING THE NOSE GEAR AND PROP.

## Other reports on N9055P (1)

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

- [Accident 20020223018249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020223018249A), Feb 23, 2002: Piper PA24260 (N9055P), Atlantic City, NJ, No damage. (-23) Witnesses confirm that after a normal landing, as the aircraft turned to exit the active runway, the landing gear collapsed. Further investigation…

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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