# Incident 20090204000629I: Piper AEROSTAR601P, Childress, TX, February 4, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 4, 2009, 14:08 local time
- Place: Childress, TX
- Airport: Childress Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4338° N, 100.2880° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHILDRESS MUNI (CDS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4338&lon=-100.2880&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8209J (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER AEROSTAR601P
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,560 total, 425 in this make and model, 63 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090204000629I

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 4, 2009, N8209J, A PIPER AEROSTAR 601P AIRCRAFT, DEPARTED PLAINVIEW, TEXAS (PVW) ENROUTE TO CHILDRESS, TEXAS (CDS).  THE PILOT ANNOUNCED HIS INTENTIONS TO LAND RUNWAY 17 AT CDS, THEN VERIFIED THE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED THROUGH THE AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR INDICATION SYSTEM.  THE PILOT AND PASSENGER ALSO PERFORMED VISUAL INSPECTION TO DETERMINE THE MAIN LANDING GEAR (MLG) WAS DOWN.  BOTH OCCUPANTS VERIFIED THE NOSE LANDING GEAR (NLG) WAS DOWN BY LOOKING AT THE REFLECTION FROM THE PROPELLER SPINNERS.  THE PILOT PERFORMED A NORMAL LANDING.  DURING TOUCHDOWN THE NLG COLLAPSED.  THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED APPROXIMATELY 1000 FEET WHEN THE PILOT EXITED THE RUNWAY ONTO TAXIWAY ECHO.  AT THIS POINT THE RIGHT MLG PARTIALLY COLLAPSED AND THE RIGHT ENGINE PROPELLER CONTACTED THE GROUND.  THE INITIAL PROPELLER STRIKE WAS APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET PAST RUNWAY 17 AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST BETWEEN RUNWAY 17 AND TAXIWAY ECHO.  AFTER RAISING THE AIRCRAFT, HYDRAULIC POWER WAS APPLIED AND ALL GEAR EXTENDED NORMALLY.  GEAR ANNUNCIATOR LIGHTS AND AURAL WARNING WORKED NORMALLY.  CAUSE IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.

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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