20010101000869I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32-300 · Beaver Marsh, OR · January 1, 2001

Date: January 1, 2001 · 14:00 local
Place: Beaver Marsh, OR
Airport: Beaver Marsh State Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4136R
Reported as: Piper PA32300
Reported engine: Lycoming TIO540*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 180 total50 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days

N4136RRegistered now · Piper PA-32-300S/N 32-40492 · Built 1968 Airframe modelPiper PA-32-300 Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Pilot elected to land on runway covered in approx. 6 inches of snow. The airport was closed and unattended for the winter months. No flowing of the runway had occurred. The pilot was reported to have said he alnded because he thought he saw the tracks of another a/c and thought it was ok to land. The pilot was also reported to say that the touch down on the main landing gear felt ok, but when the nose gear touched down, it collapsed and put the prop into the snow. The a/c came to rest nose down in the snow, tail angled upward and the main landing gear resting on the snow.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT ELECTED TO LAND ON RUNWAY COVERED IN APPROX. 6 INCHES OF SNOW. THE AIRPORT WAS CLOSED AND UNATTENDED FOR THE WINTER MONTHS. NO FLOWING OF THE RUNWAY HAD OCCURRED. THE PILOT WAS REPORTED TO HAVE SAID HE ALNDED BECAUSE HE THOUGHT HE SAW THE TRACKS OF ANOTHER A/C AND THOUGHT IT WAS OK TO LAND. THE PILOT WAS ALSO REPORTED TO SAY THAT THE TOUCH DOWN ON THE MAIN LANDING GEAR FELT OK, BUT WHEN THE NOSE GEAR TOUCHED DOWN, IT COLLAPSED AND PUT THE PROP INTO THE SNOW. THE A/C CAME TO REST NOSE DOWN IN THE SNOW, TAIL ANGLED UPWARD AND THE MAIN LANDING GEAR RESTING ON THE SNOW.

Other reports on N4136R · 1

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

Incident 19911011055619IRoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · Haines, AKOn landing rollout right wing hit tall grass. Aircraft veered and nose gear damaged. Prop hit ground.Oct 11, 1991 · Minor damage