# Incident 20020630019349I: Piper PA24250, Pueblo, CO, June 30, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 2002, 11:30 local time
- Place: Pueblo, CO
- Airport: Pueblo Memorial Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2899° N, 104.4980° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PUEBLO MEML (PUB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2899&lon=-104.4980&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6027P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6027P) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,700 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020630019349I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT LANDED IN A STRONG CROSSWIND AND THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED. PILOT STATED THAT WHEN HE WAS MAKING HIS APPROACH THE WIND WAS CALM, BUT AS HE DESCENDED, THE TOWER REPORTED AN INCREASE IN THE WIND. AS HE LANDED, THE WIND SOCK WAS STRAIGHT AND AT LEAST A 35 KNOT OR MORE CROSSWIND. HE STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED AND THE DRAG LINK ON THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR BROKE AND THE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS MINOR; ONE FIBERGLASS WINGTIP, LANDING GEAR DRAG LINK, LOWER SKIN ON ELEVATOR, AND MINOR DAMAGE TO FLAP. ESTIMATED COST IS LESS THAN $1500.00. PILOT STATED HIS MISTAKE WAS NOT DOING A GO-AROUND. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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