# Incident 20080222010869I: Piper PA30, Eastland, TX, February 22, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 22, 2008, 13:40 local time
- Place: Eastland, TX
- Airport: Eastland Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4149° N, 98.8097° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EASTLAND MUNI (ETN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4149&lon=-98.8097&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8147Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8147Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080222010869I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON FEBRUARY 22, 2008 AT APPROXIMATELY 1340 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME (CST), A TWIN ENGINE PIPER MODEL PA-30, N8147Y, OWNED BY THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, DURING LANDING ON A PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT, UPON TOUCH DOWN THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED FOLLOWED BY THE COLLAPSE OF BOTH MAIN LANDING GEAR. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (VMC) PREVAILED AT THE TIME. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED, BUT THE PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) REQUESTED FLIGHT FOLLOWING. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PILOT, THE LONE OCCUPANT, WAS NOT INJURED. THE PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) HOLDS A PRIVATE CERTIFICATE. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED FORT WORTH SPINKS (KFWS) AT APPROXIMATELY 1305 CST. THIS OFFICE CONSIDERS THIS INCIDENT CLOSED.

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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