# Incident 20050825023749I: Piper PA32RT300T, Las Animas, CO, August 25, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 2005, 09:45 local time
- Place: Las Animas, CO
- Airport: City And County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0697° N, 103.2232° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Las Animas, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0697&lon=-103.2232&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2245A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2245A) (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
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,200 total, 3,400 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050825023749I

## Narrative

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

(-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 19950305015029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950305015029I), Mar 5, 1995: Piper PA32RT300T (N2245A), Raton, NM, Minor damage. Narrative: 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,…

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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