# Incident 20031111028239I: Piper PA32R300, Santa Monica, CA, November 11, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 11, 2003, 18:16 local time
- Place: Santa Monica, CA
- Airport: Santa Monica Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0158° N, 118.4513° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANTA MONICA MUNI (SMO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0158&lon=-118.4513&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5922V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5922V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540*
- Pilot flight hours: 107 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031111028239I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT HAD NO LIGHT FOR NOSE GEAR DOWN AND APPEARED EXTENDED DURING FLY-BY. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING. AIRCRAFT HAD MINOR DAMAGE, AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N5922V (1)

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

- [Incident 20081015848419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081015848419I), Oct 15, 2008: Piper PA32R300 (N5922V), Madera, CA, Minor damage. (-23) On October 15, 2008 a Piper lance PA-32R-300 landed at Madera airport kmae, with the wheels retacted causing minor damage to the fuselage engine and…

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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