# Incident 20081229853499I: Piper PA30, Star City, AR, December 29, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 29, 2008, 12:06 local time
- Place: Star City, AR
- Airport: Star City Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9255° N, 91.8611° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Star City Municipal Airport (55M), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9255&lon=-91.8611&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8320Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8320Y) (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: 698 total, 285 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081229853499I

## Narrative

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

ON DEC 29, 2008 AT APPROXIMATELY 11:45 LOCAL PA 30B, N8320Y, DEPARTED BILLY FREE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (0M0), DUMAS, AR AND AT APPROXIMATELY 12:06 LOCAL LANDED GEAR UP ON RUNWAY 36 AT STAR CITY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (55M), STAR CITY, AR.  THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE RUNWAY 742’ DOWN RUNWAY 36 AND 3’ RIGHT OF CENTERLINE COMING TO REST OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY 516’ FROM THE INITIAL IMPACT POINT WITH THE LEFT ENGINE NECELLE RESTING ON THE RIGHT EDGE OF RUNWAY 36.  THERE WAS NO POST IMPACT FIRE BUT THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO BOTH PROPS, FUSELAGE UNDERSIDE AND TRAILING EDGE OF RIGHT FLAPS.  THE PRIVATE PILOT CONDUCTED THE PERSONAL FLIGHT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS.  THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED AND THERE WERE NO PASSENGERS ONBOARD.

## Other reports on N8320Y (1)

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

- [Incident 19800526081789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800526081789I), May 26, 1980: Piper PA30 (N8320Y), Smithville, NJ, Substantial damage. Bounced the landing, right main gear collapsed.

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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