# Incident 20101229055299I: Piper PA-28R-201T, Sarasota, FL, December 29, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 29, 2010, 16:15 local time
- Place: Sarasota, FL
- Airport: Sarasota Bradenton Internation
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: X5QS
- Location: 27.3954° N, 82.5544° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SARASOTA/BRADENTON INTL (SRQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.3954&lon=-82.5544&mi=10
- Aircraft: N92GM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N92GM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201T (registry code 7102813, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-201T
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-360
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total, 100 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101229055299I

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 29, 2010, AT APPROXIMATELY 1610 EDT, A PIPER PA-28R-201T, N92GM, SERIAL NO. 28-7803263, REGISTERED TO CIRRUS AVITION INC, AND OPERATED BY INSTRUCTOR PILOT EDWARD MICHAEL BARROS, HAD THE NOSE LANDING GEAR (NLG) COLLAPSED DURING LANDING CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO SKID ON THE NLG DOORS AND FORWARD FUSELAGE BEFORE COMING TO REST ON RUNWAY 32 AT THE SARASOTA BRADENTON AIRPORT (SRQ), SARASOTA FLORIDA.  THE INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT PILOT WERE NOT INJURED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NLG DOOR ASSEMBLY AND SHEETMETAL DAMAGE UNDERNEATH THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N92GM (1)

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

- [Incident 20140710011099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140710011099I), Jul 10, 2014: Piper PA-28R-201T (N92GM), Sarasota, FL, Minor damage. Aircraft struck animal (coyote) during rotation. Pilot aborted takeoff and taxied to ramp, inspection of the aircraft revealed broken left brake hose at the…

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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