# Incident 20031129030129I: Piper PA46310P, Louisville, KY, November 29, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 29, 2003, 19:10 local time
- Place: Louisville, KY
- Airport: Bowman Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2280° N, 85.6637° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOWMAN FLD (LOU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2280&lon=-85.6637&mi=10
- Aircraft: N46LA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N46LA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-46-310P (registry code 7104605, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-310p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA46310P
- Pilot flight hours: 150 total, 225 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031129030129I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT LANDING WAS NORMAL EXCEPT THAT AIRCRAFT WAS STEERING LEFT AND THEN NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. INSPECTOR REVEALED THAT NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR WAS FULLY EXTENDED AND BENT OF 90 DEGREES. THIS BEND APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY A HARD LANDING. THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF SKIN BUCKLING ON THE LEADING EDGE OF LEFT WING AT THE MAIN LANDING GEAR ATTACH POINT.

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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