# Incident 20080209012939I: Piper PA32R301T, Death Valley N, CA, February 9, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 9, 2008, 18:31 local time
- Place: Death Valley N, CA
- Airport: Furnace Creek
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.4605° N, 116.8798° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FURNACE CREEK (L06), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4605&lon=-116.8798&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3251G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3251G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301T (registry code 7103220, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-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 PA32R301T
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,294 total, 32 in this make and model, 127 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080209012939I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON FEBRUARY 09, 2008, AT APPROXIMATELY 1830 LCL TIME, N3251G, A PIPER SARATOGA, RAN OFF THE END OF RUNWAY 33 CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE AND STRIKING THE PROP INTO THE GROUND. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND ONLY MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE.

## Other reports on N3251G (2)

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

- [Incident 19881016062819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881016062819I), Oct 16, 1988: Piper PA32R301T (N3251G), Mount Ayr, IA, Minor damage. Electrical system failure. Thought gear lowered using emergency procedures. Landed gear up. Drive pulley off alt.
- [Incident 19840717045339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840717045339I), Jul 17, 1984: Piper PA32301T (N3251G), Elizabethtown, TN. Engine went to idle at cruise altitude. Was vectored to an airport. Throttle cable broke under instrument panel.

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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