# Incident 20040209002639I: Piper PA24, Mesa, AZ, February 9, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 9, 2004, 12:17 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Airport: Falcon Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4608° N, 111.7283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FALCON FLD (FFZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4608&lon=-111.7283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6657P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6657P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24 (registry code 7102402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 250 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040209002639I

## Narrative

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

(-23) UPON ROLL-OUT OF A NORMAL LANDING TOUCHDOWN @ FFZ, RUNWAY #4R, ALL THREE (3) LANDING GEARS SUDDENLY COLLAPSED. THE A/C SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE-BOTTOM OF FUSELAGE WAS SCRAPED, BOTH PROPELLER BLADES WERE CURLED/SCRAPED, THE "BELLY" RADIO ANTENNA WAS DAMAGED, AND THE ENGINE EXHAUST EXTENSION PIPE WAS SCRAPED/"SHAVED". THE PILOT DID NOT RECEIVE ANY INJURIES. THERE WERE NO PASSENGERS. THERE WAS NO POST-LANDING FIRE.

## Other reports on N6657P (1)

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

- [Incident 19800630056759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800630056759I), Jun 30, 1980: Piper PA24 (N6657P), Corona, CA, Minor damage. Engine stopped during cruise. Pilot could not restart before landing. No problem found.

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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