# Incident 20010505017549I: Piper PA32301, Fort Pierce, FL, May 5, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 2001, 10:15 local time
- Place: Fort Pierce, FL
- Airport: St Lucie County International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.4256° N, 80.3404° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Pierce, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.4256&lon=-80.3404&mi=10
- Aircraft: N534Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N534Z-2020-08-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-301 (registry code 7103207, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32301
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1G5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 700 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010505017549I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 5, 2001, AT 1015EDT, A PIPER PA32-301, N534Z, OWNED BY GRAY WALSH, INC., AND PILOTED BY MR. THOMAS J. WALSH, LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING THE LANDING ROLLOUT, EXITED THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT SIDE AND COMPLETED A 180 TURN. THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS BROKEN OFF FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING, FUSELAGE, AND TAIL.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.  THE PILOT, MR. THOMAS J. WALSH, HOLDS A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE WITH AN INSTRUMENT RATING NUMBER 276133976. THE PLEASURE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE FORT PIERCE AIRPORT ON MAY 5, 2001, AT APPROXIMATELY 1000 EDT.

## Other reports on N534Z (2)

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

- [Accident 20191020019319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191020019319A), Oct 20, 2019: Piper PA-32-301 (N534Z), Raleigh, NC, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Ronald gatewood: airworthiness safety inspector [privacy data omitted] Aircraft accident inspector report Date of report: 11/05/2019 Accident aircraft: Piper…
- [Incident 20040716024499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040716024499I), Jul 16, 2004: Piper PA32301 (N534Z), Fort Pierce, FL. (-23) On 07/16/2004 at 1656Z a Piper PA-32-301 N534Z, piloted by thomas walsh while landing on runway 27 at Fort Pierce, st. Lucie airport, exited the runway…

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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