# Incident 20010412018869I: Piper PA23160, Medford, OR, April 12, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 12, 2001, 12:33 local time
- Place: Medford, OR
- Airport: Medford-Jackson County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.3360° N, 122.8518° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Medford, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3360&lon=-122.8518&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4149P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4149P-2002-10-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-160 (registry code 7102304, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23160
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 305 total, 149 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010412018869I

## Narrative

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

(-23)N4149P, A PA-23-160, RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE WHEN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING AT MEDFORD, OREGON. MR. JONNIE L. BURNS WAS THE PILOT IN COMMAND ON THE PRE-SALE DEMONSTRATION FLIGHT.  THE PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS RECEIVED NO INJURIES.  WHEN QUESTIONED THE PILOT AND THE PASSENGERS STATED THEY NEVER HEARD A GEAR WARNIHNG HORN PRIOR TO, OR AFTER  TOUCHDOWN.  IN ADDITION THEY STATED THEY HEARD A "SNAP OR POP" AT THE TIME THE NOSE GEAR TOUCHED DOWN.  AN INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED BOTH PROPS WERE DAMAGED, SKIN DAMAGE TO THE NOSE SECTION, AND A BROKEN "LINE ASSEMBLY NOSE GEAR UPPER DRAG" WAS FOUND IN THE NOSE GEAR ASSEMBLY.

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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