# Incident 20060315012669I: Piper PA32RT300, Lynchburg, VA, March 15, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 15, 2006, 12:00 local time
- Place: Lynchburg, VA
- Airport: Lynchburg Municipal-Preston Glenn
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3254° N, 79.2012° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LYNCHBURG RGNL/PRESTON GLENN FLD (LYH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3254&lon=-79.2012&mi=10
- Aircraft: N856SC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N856SC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300 (registry code 7103215, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,375 total, 1,600 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060315012669I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 22 THE PILOT MADE A NORMAL LANDING AFTER WHICH THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE WIND WAS REPORTED AS 280 DEGREES WITH GUSTS FROM 20 TO 30 KNOTS. THE AIRCRAFT SLID TO A STOP.

## Other reports on N856SC (1)

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

- [Incident 20171125022039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171125022039I), Nov 25, 2017: Piper PA-32RT-300 (N856SC), Mound, LA, Minor damage. N856SC encountered bird activity during VFR flight at 3,500 feet. Aircraft sustained bird strike shattering the windshield with only 25% remaining.

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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