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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-23-250 · Post, TX · January 14, 2004

Date: January 14, 2004 · 16:15 local
Place: Post, TX
Airport: Post-Garza County Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N58RJ
Reported as: Piper PA23250
Reported engine: Lycoming O540*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 35,000 total250 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

N58RJRegistered now · Piper PA-23-250S/N 27-3971 · Built 1968 Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250 Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Aircraft departed the beach family ranch airport which is approximately 14 miles east of the Garza county airport (5F1) near Post, Texas, then proceeded to the Garza county airport. Aircraft landed on runway 35 of the Garza county airport and touched down at approximately one third the distance of the runway, rolled approximately 95 feet, the nose gear collapsed, and proceeded to skid approximately some 755 feet coming to rest on the centerline of the runway. There was a gear safe indication at time of touchdown.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE BEACH FAMILY RANCH AIRPORT WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 14 MILES EAST OF THE GARZA COUNTY AIRPORT (5F1) NEAR POST, TEXAS, THEN PROCEEDED TO THE GARZA COUNTY AIRPORT. AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 35 OF THE GARZA COUNTY AIRPORT AND TOUCHED DOWN AT APPROXIMATELY ONE THIRD THE DISTANCE OF THE RUNWAY, ROLLED APPROXIMATELY 95 FEET, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, AND PROCEEDED TO SKID APPROXIMATELY SOME 755 FEET COMING TO REST ON THE CENTERLINE OF THE RUNWAY. THERE WAS A GEAR SAFE INDICATION AT TIME OF TOUCHDOWN.

Other reports on N58RJ · 1

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

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