# Incident 20020712019339I: Piper PA23160, Easton, MD, July 12, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 2002, 21:00 local time
- Place: Easton, MD
- Airport: Easton Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7763° N, 76.0705° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Easton, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7763&lon=-76.0705&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3316P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3316P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-160 (registry code 7102304, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23160
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,499 total, 979 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020712019339I

## Narrative

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

(-23) 07/12/02: TALKED WITH PILOT AT TIME OF ACCIDENT BY PHONE. PILOT SAID HE WAS DOING ILS APPROACH TO ESN AND LANDED AND GAVE POWER TO TAKEOFF (TOUCH AND GO). PILOT SAID THE AIRCRAFT FELT A LITTLE DIFFERENT (LIKE A SETTLING FEELING). PILOT PUSHED ENGINE CONTROLS FORWARD FOR THE TAKEOFF AND REACHED DOWN ON THE CONSOLE BUT DOES NOT KNOT IF HE PUT UP THE GEAR OR FLAPS. THE OWNER STATED THAT THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY HE MOVED THE GEAR HANDLE INSTEAD OF THE FLAPS; HE JUST CANNOT SAY FOR SURE. THE RIGHT NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE LEFT GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. TALKED WITH JOE MARSH (AIRPORT MANAGER) WHO HELPED WITH THE MOVING OF THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE RUNWAY. BOB GRETZ FROM NTSB SAID IT OK TO MOVE AIRCRAFT FROM RUNWAY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. PILOT AND PASSENGER BOTH SENT STATEMENTS.

## Other reports on N3316P (1)

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

- [Incident 19920121002529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920121002529I), Jan 21, 1992: Piper PA23160 (N3316P), Easton, MD, Minor damage. During a simulated single approach to land the instructor failed to lower the landing gear. Landed gear up.

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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