# Incident 20020506010599I: Piper PA24250, Rome, GA, May 6, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 2002, 17:05 local time
- Place: Rome, GA
- Airport: Richard B Russell
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.3506° N, 85.1580° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Richard B Russell Airport (RMG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3506&lon=-85.1580&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7953P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7953P) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 829 total, 2 in this make and model, 48 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020506010599I

## Narrative

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

(-23) UPON LANDING AT ROME, GA (RMG) THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR PUSH/PULL ROD FAILED AND PULLED THE GEAR MOTOR AWAY FROM THE BULKHEAD ATTACH POINT CAUSING THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR TO COLLAPSE. THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE PROP. M OR D REPORT WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE AIRCRAFT OWNER.

## Other reports on N7953P (2)

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

- [Incident 19840310021279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840310021279I), Mar 10, 1984: Piper PA24250 (N7953P), Rapid City, SD, Minor damage. Unable to lower nose gear. Landed with nose gear up. Nose gear shimmy damper had been installed backwards.
- [Accident 19800322007859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800322007859A), Mar 22, 1980: Piper PA24250 (N7953P), Lake Wales, FL, Substantial damage. Pilot landed gear up. Retracted gear on final instead of lowering gear.

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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