# Incident 20051231031029I: Piper PA60601P, Portsmouth, NH, December 31, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 31, 2005, 09:15 local time
- Place: Portsmouth, NH
- Airport: Pease Afb Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.0606° N, 70.7803° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Portsmouth, NH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0606&lon=-70.7803&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3635A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3635A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-60-601P (registry code 7106016, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-60-601p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA60601P
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 1,800 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/20051231031029I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT IN COMMAND DEPARTED HIS HOME BASE BEVERLY, MA (BVY), WITH A DESTINATION OF PEASE INTERNATIONAL TRADEPORT (PSM), IN PORTSMOUTH, NH, PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS TO DO TWO TOUCH AND GOES AT PEASE, THEN FLY TO MANCHESTER, NH (MHT) FOR ONE APPROACH AND THEN RETURN TO HIS HOME BASE AT BVY. PIC STATED HE MADE HIS FIRST APPROACH TO RUNWAY 34 AT PEASE, HE HAD 40 DEG. OF FLAPS, AFTER TOUCHING DOWN ON RUNWAY 34 AND BEGINNING THE TAKE OFF ROLE, THE PIC STATED THAT HE DOES NOT REMEMBER REACHING OR TOUCHING THE GEAR SELECTOR OR THE FLAP SWITCH, HE STATED THAT SOMETIMES HE RETRACTS THE FLAPS TO A 30 DEG SETTING FOR THE TAKE OFF. PIC STATED THAT THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. INSPECTION OF THE NOSE GEAR BY AN FAA AVIATION MAINTENANCE INSPECTOR AND A CIVILIAN AVIATION MECHANIC COULD NOT FIND ANY DEFECT(S) OR BROKEN ITEM(S) IN THE NOSE GEAR ASSEMBLY.

## Other reports on N3635A (2)

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

- [Accident 20250927019709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250927019709A), Sep 27, 2025: Piper Aircraft Corporation PA-60-601P (N3635A), Del Norte, CO, Substantial damage. On September 27, 2025, a Piper PA60 aircraft lost directional control on rollout from landing on runway 24 at krcv due to an undetected tire failure that…
- [Incident 19931015045069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931015045069I), Oct 15, 1993: Piper PA60601P (N3635A), Southern Pines, NC, Minor damage. Pilot stated he forgot to lower landing gear. Landed gear u.

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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