# Incident 20020310011609I: Piper PA23160, Whitney, TX, March 10, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 10, 2002, 11:50 local time
- Place: Whitney, TX
- Airport: Lake Whitney State Park Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.9253° N, 97.3648° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Lake Whitney State Park Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.9253&lon=-97.3648&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3285P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3285P) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 14 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/20020310011609I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 03/10/02 AT 11:30, A PIPER GERONIMO, PA-23-160, OWNED BY SKYMATES INC., EXPERIENCED A NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE DURING TAXI. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE SOLE OCCUPANT, PILOT MONTE MAURICE ZUCK, HOLDER OF A MULTI-ENGINE, COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE, RECEIVED NO INJURIES. THE PLEASURE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM ARLINGTON, TEXAS, F54, AT 11:15.

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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