# Incident 20100505033619I: Piper PA-24-250, Longmont, CO, May 5, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 2010, 16:30 local time
- Place: Longmont, CO
- Airport: Longmont Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1682° N, 105.1005° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Longmont, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1682&lon=-105.1005&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7846P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7846P-2010-12-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-250
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- 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/20100505033619I

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 5, 2010 AT APPROXIMATELY1630 MDT A SINGLE ENGINE PIPER COMANCHE PA24 WAS DAMAGED (MINOR) WHEN IT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY ON LANDING. THE PILOT AND INSTRUCTOR PILOT BOTH STATED THAT THE GEAR INDICATED DOWN AND LOCKED ON APPROACH TO LMO. THE PILOT STATED UPON TOUCH DOWN THE MAIN GEAR WAS ON THE GROUND, AIRCRAFT NOSE UP WHEN HE STARTED TO APPLY THE BRAKES. HE THEN STATED THAT THE NOSE PITCHED UP AND LEFT AS THE LEFT MAIN COLLAPSED, FOLLOWED BY THE PARTIAL COLLAPSING OF THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, STRIKING A RUNWAY LIGHT WITH THE LEFT WING LEADING EDGE, COMING TO REST IN THE GRASS.BEEGLES AIRCRAFT SERVICE RECOVERED THE AIRCRAFT BY LIFTING THE AIRCRAFT AND SECURING THE LANDING GEAR. BOTH MAIN LANDING GEAR ACTUATORS WERE FOUND TO BE BENT. REPRESENTATIVE OF BEEGLES AIRCRAFT SERVICE INDICATED THAT THE PROBABLE CAUSE WAS THAT THE GEAR WAS IN TRANSIT AT THE TIME OF TOUCH DOWN. THIS OFFICE RECOMMENDS THAT BOTH PILOTS REQUIRE RE-EXAMINATION UNDER 44709.

## Other reports on N7846P (1)

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

- [Incident 19800210023049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800210023049I), Feb 10, 1980: Piper PA24250 (N7846P), Rock Springs, WY, Minor damage. Pilot took off on wet runway & upon reaching destination could not lower gear. Frozen in "up" position.

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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