# Incident 20050817027459I: Piper PA32RT300T, South Lake Taho, CA, August 17, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 2005, 15:15 local time
- Place: South Lake Taho, CA
- Airport: Lake Tahoe
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8939° N, 119.9953° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKE TAHOE (TVL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8939&lon=-119.9953&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39628, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N39628-2023-04-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300T (registry code 7103216, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300T
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,278 total, 350 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050817027459I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS TAXIING HIS AIRCRAFT TO THE DEPARTURE RUNWAY WHEN HE INADVERTENTLY TAXIED OFF THE END OF THE TAXIWAY INTO THE DIRT. THERE, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE PROP STRUCK THE GROUND CAUSING THE INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT MOVED APPROXIMATELY 21 FEET INTO THE DIRT BEFORE THE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED ON THE NOSE GEAR FOR ANOTHER 40 FEET COMING TO REST WITH THE NOSE COWLING IN THE DIRT, APPROXIMATELY 61 FEET FROM THE EDGE OF THE TAXIWAY.

## Other reports on N39628 (4)

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

- [Accident 20221024017659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221024017659A), Oct 24, 2022: Piper PA-32RT-300T (N39628), Lake Worth, FL, Destroyed. Part 91, Piper PA-32RT-300T, [privacy data omitted], serial number 32R-7887127 departed palm beach county park airport (lna) with one pilot aircraft lost…
- [Incident 19860727062399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860727062399I), Jul 27, 1986: Piper PA32RT300T (N39628), Michigan City, IN, Minor damage. Aircraft made emergency landing just short of runway. Exhaust from loose coupling caused p leads to short to ground.
- [Accident 19850519020829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850519020829A), May 19, 1985: Piper PA32RT300T (N39628), Milwaukee, WI, Substantial damage. Flared too high and landed hard on right main gear. Damaged right wing spar and ribs.
- [Accident 19810914059259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810914059259A), Sep 14, 1981: Piper PA32RT300T (N39628), Crivitz, WI, Substantial damage. Landed downwind, ran off end of runway into a ditch. No runway end lights or marked obstruction. UNICOM gave 18.

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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