# Incident 20020429010259I: Piper PA30, Colorado Spring, CO, April 29, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 29, 2002, 04:27 local time
- Place: Colorado Spring, CO
- Airport: City Of Colorado Springs Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8058° N, 104.7008° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS MUNI (COS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8058&lon=-104.7008&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7366Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7366Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- Reported engine: LYC IO320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 300 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020429010259I

## Narrative

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

(-23) N7366Y DIVERTED TO COS WITH THE LEFT ENGINE SECURED BECAUSE OF A POSSIBLE ENGINE OIL LEAK. UPON LANDING THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, CAUSING MINOR DAMAGES. FALCON AVIATION RETRIEVED THE AIRCRAFT, AND SAID THAT A LINKAGE COMPONENT APPEARED TO HAVE FAILED. THE PILOT RECEIVED NO INJURIES.

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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