# Incident 20020501015899I: Piper PA24250, Compton, CA, May 1, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 1, 2002, 17:35 local time
- Place: Compton, CA
- Airport: Compton Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8940° N, 118.2275° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Compton, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8940&lon=-118.2275&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5718P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5718P-2007-10-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 800 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020501015899I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, ON T/O ROLL, NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER HITTING BUMP. MAIN GEAR FOLLOWED WITH A/C SETTLING ON RUNWAY AND THE PROPELLER HIT CAUSING THE ENGINE TO STOP THE A/C ALSO HIT A TAXI LITE AND RUNWAY INTERSECT SIGN. THE 2 PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. ACCORDING TO MR. GREENE AN ANNUAL HAD BEEN ACCOMPLISHED IN MARCH. THE GEAR SWITCH WAS FOUND TO BE IN THE CORRECT POSITION AND NO FAILURE OF THE GEAR WAS FOUND.

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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