# Incident 20001020031899I: Piper PA46310P, Rockland, ME, October 20, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 20, 2000, 13:00 local time
- Place: Rockland, ME
- Airport: Knox County Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0601° N, 69.0997° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KNOX COUNTY RGNL (RKD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0601&lon=-69.0997&mi=10
- Aircraft: N68BS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA46310P
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A34
- Pilot flight hours: 1,720 total, 1,230 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001020031899I

## Narrative

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

(-23)APPROXIMATELY 1300 HOURS O 10-20-00, N68BS, A PIPER PA46-310P AIRCRAFT LANDED RUNWAY 31 AT RKD WITH VMC. UPON TOUCHDOWN, THE PILOT NOTED A FRONT SINKING MOTION AND APPLIED ELEVATOR TO KEEP THE NOSE SECTION HIGHER THAN NORMAL.  UPON RELEASE OF THE ELEVATOR, THE NOSE SECTION SANK MORE AND THE FOUR BLADE PROPELLER STRUCK THE PAVEMENT AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP.  THERE WERE NO INJURIED.  DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE PROPELLER AND THE NOSE GEAR.  INVESTIGATION FOUND THE TUBE THAT SUPPORTS THE NOSE GEAR ASSEMBLY IS PART OF THE ENGINE MOUNT.  THE TUBE WAS BROKEN AT THE POINT WHERE THE NOSE GEAR SUPPORT TUBE ATTACHES TO THE ENGINE MOUNT.  IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THIS AIRCRAFT HAS BEEN MODIFIED BY STC TO INCORPORATE A PWC PT6A-34 ENGINE AND HAS APPROXIMATELY 300 HOURS OF OPERATION.  THE HOLDER OF THE STC (JET PROP LLC, STC SA00541SE) IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND HAS ADVISED OWNERS OF PERFORM 25 HOURS INSPECTIONS OF THE AREA AFFECTED.  THEY HAVE ALSO PRODUCED KITS TO MODIFY THE ENGINE MOUNT BY "BEEFING UP" THE CLUSTER AREA.

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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