# Accident 20020518011179A: Piper PA46350P, Palestine, TX, May 18, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 18, 2002, 18:30 local time
- Place: Palestine, TX
- Airport: Palestine Municipal Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.7797° N, 95.7064° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7797&lon=-95.7064&mi=10
- Aircraft: N529TX (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA46350P
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW02LA165](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02LA165) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020518011179A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 05/18/2002 AT APPROXIMATELY 18:30 CDT, AIRCRAFT PIPER PA-46-350P, N529TX WAS LANDING AT PALESTINE AIRPORT (PSN), PALESTINE, TX. THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE RUNWAY AND SLID TO THE LEFT AND STOPPED APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET FROM THE FIRST INDICATION OF TOUCH DOWN. THE PILOT REPORTED: AFTER LANDING RUNWAY 35, DURING ROLLOUT, APPROXIMATELY 40 KNOTS AIRSPEED, THE NOSE GEAR SEEMED TO TWIST, AND THEN BEGAN TO RETRACT. EYEWITNESSED STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO BE IN A NORMAL LANDING CONFIGURATION AT TOUCH DOWN THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO FALL, HITTING THE GROUND. INVESTIGATION OF THE NOSE GEAR AREA INDICATED THAT THE ACTUATOR SUPPORTER HAD SEPARATED AT THE AFT SUPPORTTUBE CLUSTER AND IMPACTED THE ENGINE FIREWALL CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW02LA165](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02LA165), May 18, 2002: Piper PA-46-350P (N529TX), Palestine, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the nose gear actuator aft attach point from the tube cluster on the engine mount assembly. A contributing factor was the owner's non-compliance with the service bulletin for…

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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