# Incident 20100502034469I: Piper PA-24-400, Orville, CA, May 2, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 2010, 12:35 local time
- Place: Orville, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N400WG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N400WG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-400 (registry code 7102408, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-400) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-720 series (registry code 41546, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-720-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-400
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-720
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100502034469I

## Narrative

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

ON A DAY VFR PLEASURE FLIGHT WITH ONE PASSENGER MR. WOOLDRIGE WAS LANDING HIS AIRCRAFT AT OROVILLE CA. DURING THE LANDING ROLL OUT THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED DAMAGING THE PROPELLER, NOSE GEAR SYSTEM, BELLY SKIN AND FLAP TRAILING EDGE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT AND HIS ONE PASSENGER AND NO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

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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