# Incident 20010101000869I: Piper PA32300, Beaver Marsh, OR, January 1, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 1, 2001, 14:00 local time
- Place: Beaver Marsh, OR
- Airport: Beaver Marsh State Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1290° N, 121.8180° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Beaver Marsh State Airport (2S2), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1290&lon=-121.8180&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4136R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4136R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 180 total, 50 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010101000869I

## Narrative

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

(-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 19911011055619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911011055619I), Oct 11, 1991: Piper PA32300 (N4136R), Haines, AK, Minor damage. On landing rollout right wing hit tall grass. Aircraft veered and nose gear damaged. Prop hit ground.

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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