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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32RT-300T · Las Animas, CO · August 25, 2005

Date: August 25, 2005 · 09:45 local
Place: Las Animas, CO
Airport: City And County Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2245A
Reported as: Piper PA32RT300T
Reported engine: Lycoming TIO540*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 8,200 total3,400 in this make and model3 in the last 90 days

N2245ARegistered now · Piper PA-32RT-300TS/N 32R-7887285 · Built 1978 Airframe modelPiper PA-32RT-300T Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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What happened

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(-23) On August 25, 2005, at 1040 hrs local, aircraft N2245A, a Piper turbo lance, PA-32RT-300T, landed long and ran off the end of the runway at Las Animas, CO, resulting in minor damage to the aircraft. The pilot reported that the approach to landing was normal but the aircraft floated unexpectedly possibly due to thermal activity over the runway. On touchdown the brakes were ineffective. The aircraft rolled past the end of the runway and was nearly stopped when it crossed a ditch concealed in weeds. Impact with the ditch caused the nose and left landing gear to collapse resulting in damage to the lower cowl, left flap and the landing gear. There were no physical injuries to the pilot.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON AUGUST 25, 2005, AT 1040 HRS LOCAL, AIRCRAFT N2245A, A PIPER TURBO LANCE, PA-32RT-300T, LANDED LONG AND RAN OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY AT LAS ANIMAS, CO, RESULTING IN MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE APPROACH TO LANDING WAS NORMAL BUT THE AIRCRAFT FLOATED UNEXPECTEDLY POSSIBLY DUE TO THERMAL ACTIVITY OVER THE RUNWAY. ON TOUCHDOWN THE BRAKES WERE INEFFECTIVE. THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED PAST THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND WAS NEARLY STOPPED WHEN IT CROSSED A DITCH CONCEALED IN WEEDS. IMPACT WITH THE DITCH CAUSED THE NOSE AND LEFT LANDING GEAR TO COLLAPSE RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE LOWER COWL, LEFT FLAP AND THE LANDING GEAR. THERE WERE NO PHYSICAL INJURIES TO THE PILOT.

Other reports on N2245A · 1

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

Incident 19950305015029IRoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · Raton, NMNarrative: on March 3, 1995, at 10:55 MST, pilot akroyd completed a landing on runway 17 at the la mesa park airport, Raton, NM. During the landing rollout, the nose wheel collapsed and the aircraft skidded off the runway. The pilot and passenger were not…Mar 5, 1995 · Minor damage