# Incident 20051203028729I: Piper PA32300, Albuquerque, NM, December 3, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 3, 2005, 14:30 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Airport: Albuquerque International Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0416° N, 106.5560° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Albuquerque Airport (1928), closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0416&lon=-106.5560&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5201S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5201S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 659 total, 560 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051203028729I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 3, 2005, AT 1415 MDT, A PIPER PA-32-300, N5201S, REGISTERED TO CHEROKEE 6 LIMITED LIABILITY CO. SUSTAINED A MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSE DURING LANDING AT THE ALBUQUERQUE SUNPORT INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (ABQ) WHILE ON A RETURN FLIGHT FROM MEXICO WHICH WAS CONDUCTED UNDER PART 91. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE FLIGHT WAS NOT CONDUCTED UNDER A FLIGHT PLAN. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE CONFINED TO THE MAIN AND NOSE LANDING GEAR ASSY. THE PILOT AND TWO OCCUPANTS DID NOT RECEIVE ANY INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT LAREDO, MEXICO AT 0800MST ON DECEMBER 3, 2005.

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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