# Incident 20040329004169I: Piper PA28R200, Grand Junction, CO, March 29, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 29, 2004, 13:30 local time
- Place: Grand Junction, CO
- Airport: Walker Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0639° N, 108.5506° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grand Junction, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0639&lon=-108.5506&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5060T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5060T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 121 total, 10 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040329004169I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT HAD COMPLETED THE BEFORE TAKEOFF CHECK AND NOTED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS DOWN AND HE HAD THREE GREEN LANDING GEAR LIGHTS. PILOT THEN TAXIED AIRCRAFT TOWARDS ACTIVE RUNWAY MAKING A RIGHT TURN. PILOT NOTED A HUM IN HIS HEADSET THAT HE THOUGHT MIGHT BE THE HYDRAULIC PUMP AND THEN FELT THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT DROP, THEN THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT RESULTING IN A PROPELLER STRIKE. PILOT EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY ENGINE SHUT DOWN AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT. RIGHT MAIN AND NOSE GEAR HAD COLLAPSED.

## Other reports on N5060T (2)

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

- [Incident 20060617011469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060617011469I), Jun 17, 2006: Piper PA28R200 (N5060T), Kingman, AZ, Minor damage. (-23) Upon landing at Kingman, AZ (igm) the pilot [privacy data omitted] forgot to lower the landing gear and landed gear up.
- [Accident 20020319006379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020319006379A), Mar 19, 2002: Piper PA28R200 (N5060T), Redlands, CA, No damage. (.19) On March 19, 2002, about 1600 pacific standard time, a Piper PA28R-200, N5060T, made a hard landing at Redlands, California. The flight school at palm…

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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