# Incident 20041112030649I: Piper PA32R301T, Petaluma, CA, November 12, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 12, 2004, 13:30 local time
- Place: Petaluma, CA
- Airport: Petaluma Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2578° N, 122.6053° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PETALUMA MUNI (O69), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2578&lon=-122.6053&mi=10
- Aircraft: N533JT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N533JT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301T (registry code 7103220, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R301T
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 433 total, 324 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041112030649I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 12, 2004, AT 1300 LOCAL, PILOT MADE A GEAR-UP LANDING AT PETALUMA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (O69) ON RUNWAY 29 IN AIRCRAFT N533JT, PIPER, PA-32R-301T. PILOT STATED: THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS IN THE DOWN POSITION AND ALL THREE LANDING LIGHTS WERE ON. THE MAINS HIT THE RUNWAY NORMALLY AND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR BEGAN TO DROP. THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED FOLLOWED BY THE NOSE. THE PROP STRUCK THE GROUND, THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED ACROSS THE GROUND AND WENT OFF RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT. PILOT INCURRED NO INJURIES AND AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR AND SOME MAJOR DAMAGE. NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.

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