# Incident 20030921024559I: Piper PA28R201T, Groton - New Lo, CT, September 21, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 2003, 14:37 local time
- Place: Groton - New Lo, CT
- Airport: Groton-New London
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3301° N, 72.0451° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GROTON-NEW LONDON (GON), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3301&lon=-72.0451&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6372C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6372C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201T (registry code 7102813, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R201T
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 186 total, 100 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030921024559I

## Narrative

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

(-23) RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AT APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET INTO LANDING ROLL. PILOT REPORTED THREE GREEN LANDING GEAR LIGHTS PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN. INSPECTION OF LANDING GEAR SYSTEM IS ONGOING.

## Other reports on N6372C (3)

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

- [Incident 19890126016629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890126016629I), Jan 26, 1989: Piper PA28R201T (N6372C), Milwaukee, WI. Inadvertently entered an arsa of adjoining airport while working on unsafe gear problem prior to landing.
- [Accident 19840109000529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840109000529A), Jan 9, 1984: Piper PA28R201T (N6372C), Cahokia, IL. Pilot was found under engine of aircraft with scalp wounds. Pilot had no reccollection of accident.
- [Incident 19790430100869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790430100869I), Apr 30, 1979: Piper PA28201T (N6372C), Des Moines, IA. Heavy braking on aborted takeoff blew tire, resulting in aircraft overrunning runway.

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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