# Incident 20021226035349I: Piper PA32RT300T, Gardner, MA, December 26, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 26, 2002, 14:00 local time
- Place: Gardner, MA
- Airport: Gardner Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5499° N, 72.0160° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GARDNER MUNI (GDM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5499&lon=-72.0160&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36201, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N36201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300T (registry code 7103216, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300T
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,369 total, 600 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021226035349I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT WENT OFF WEST SIDE RWY 32 @ GARDNER AIRPORT. BEGAN TAKEOFF ROLL AT BEGINNING OF RWY 36, DUE TO ICE AND PACKED SNOW ON FIRST 100 FEET, BROUGHT AIRCRAFT ENGINE TO 35 INCHES MANIFOLD PRESSURE ON A ROLL. FLAPS SET FIRST NOTCH (10). UPON REACHING 70-75KTS, ROTATED AT APPROX. MID FIELD. CRAB INITIATED FOR NNW WIND APPROX 20-25 GUSTING. AT APPROX. 2/3 DOWN RUNWAY THE WIND DROPPED OFF, NOTICED AIRSPEED DECREASING, LOWERED NOSE SLIGHTLY. AISPEED DROPPED SLOWLY AND AIRCRAFT SETTLED. LEFT MAIN GEAR CAUGHT SNOW BACK ON WEST SIDE OF RUNWAY, PIVOTING PLANE TO LEFT. AIRCRAFT SLID SIDEWAYS COLLAPSING RIGHT MAIN GEAR, AND NOSE GEAR.

## Other reports on N36201 (2)

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

- [Incident 19980212003759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980212003759I), Feb 12, 1998: Piper PA32RT300T (N36201), Hyannis, MA, Minor damage. Narrative: flight conducted routinely from gardner to Hyannis. Pilot executed ILS 15 approach. Aircraft touched down rwy 15, then veered left off runway. Minor…
- [Accident 19810717042909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810717042909A), Jul 17, 1981: Piper PA32* (N36201), Farmingdale, NY, Substantial damage. During taxiing in from landing aircraft nose wheel struck ditch and collapsed.

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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