# Incident 20080821855599I: Piper PA32R300, Birmingham, AL, August 21, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 2008, 16:06 local time
- Place: Birmingham, AL
- Airport: Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5639° N, 86.7523° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BIRMINGHAM-SHUTTLESWORTH INTL (BHM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5639&lon=-86.7523&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1198H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1198H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,845 total, 2,390 in this make and model, 47 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080821855599I

## Narrative

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

(-23) N1198H, A PIPER PA-32R-300, AWAITING DEPARTURE CLEARANCE AT BIRMINGHAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KBHM)ON TAXIWAY "N" EXPERIENCED ALL THREE MAIN LANDING GEAR UNSAFE INDICATIONS WITH CORRESPONDING AURAL GEAR WARNING.  THE PILOT REQUESTED ATC CLEARANCE TO RETURN TO THE LOCAL FIXED BASE OPERATOR "FBO".  DURING THE EXECUTION OF A NORMAL 180 DEGREE RIGHT TURN THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED.  NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED BY THE PILOT OR TWO PASSENGERS, THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT SIDE FUSELAGE AFT OF WING.  NOTE: INCIDENT CLASSIFICATION IS BASED ON THE INTENT FOR FLIGHT WAS TERMINATED AT THE POINT THE PILOT CONTACTED ATC FOR RETURN TO FBO.  NTSB CONCURS.

## Other reports on N1198H (1)

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

- [Incident 19781225020799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781225020799I), Dec 25, 1978: Piper PA32300 (N1198H), Cincinnati, OH, Minor damage. Pilot taxied off taxiway to park in unlit area. Taxied into 8 inch depression, causing nose gear lock to fail.

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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