# Incident 20060512012869I: Piper PA32301T, Memphis, TN, May 12, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 2006, 12:45 local time
- Place: Memphis, TN
- Airport: General Dewitt Spain Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2007° N, 90.0540° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GENERAL DEWITT SPAIN (M01), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2007&lon=-90.0540&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8359M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8359M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-301T (registry code 7103209, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-301t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32301T
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060512012869I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING A CROSSWIND LANDING ON RUNWAY 35, EXPERIENCED A GUST OF WIND. AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS. AIRCRAFT CROSSED THE INTERSECTION AND TAXIWAY, CONTINUING THROUGH GRASS AND WHEN CROSSING THE NEXT INTERSECTION THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE PROP STRUCK THE GROUND AT A LOW RPM. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN GRASS BESIDE INTERSECTION.

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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