20071216829109A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-30 · Bridger, MT · December 16, 2007

Date
December 16, 2007 · 12:48 local
Place
Bridger, MT
Airport
Bridger Municipal
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N7252Y
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA08LA048
Reported as
Piper PA30
Reported engine
Lycoming IO320B1A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
324 total45 in this make and model1 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On December 16, 2007, at 1248 MST, a Piper PA-30, N7252Y, registered to the pilot privacy data omitted, landing gear collapsed during the landing roll at Bridger Municipal Airport, Bridger, Montana while on a 14 CFR part 91 flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time, and a VFR flight plan was not filed. The aircraft weas substantially damaged, and the pilot was not injured. The flight originated at laurel municipal airport, laurel, Montana on December 16, 2007.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON DECEMBER 16, 2007, AT 1248 MST, A PIPER PA-30, N7252Y, REGISTERED TO THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED DURING THE LANDING ROLL AT BRIDGER MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, BRIDGER, MONTANA WHILE ON A 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WEAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, AND THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT LAUREL MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, LAUREL, MONTANA ON DECEMBER 16, 2007.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.