# Incident 20110115000209I: Piper PA-32RT-300, Sevierville, TN, January 15, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 15, 2011, 16:29 local time
- Place: Sevierville, TN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8897° N, 83.5799° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sevierville, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8897&lon=-83.5799&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30689, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N30689) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300 (registry code 7103215, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32RT-300
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 118 total, 10 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110115000209I

## Narrative

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

VIDEO OF LANDING WAS OBTAINED.  PILOT FAILED TO FLAIR AND BROKE NOSE WHEEL TRUNION.  PILOT HAD BEEN AT AREA AIRPORT JUST HOURS BEFORE WITH DESIGNEE PILOT EXAMINER FRIEND.  HOME AIRPORT HAS RISING LANDING SURFACE.  PILOT LANDED ON RWY 28 GKT.  WIFE IS PVT PILOT AND WAS IN RIGHT SEAT. SHE STATED SHE SAW NOTHING WRONG WITH APPROACH.

## Other reports on N30689 (1)

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

- [Accident 20250510004699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250510004699A), May 10, 2025: Piper PA-32RT-300 (N30689), Yulee, FL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On 05/10/2025, aircraft [privacy data omitted] departed from Nassau Airport (83FL), Yulee, Florida at approximately 09:34 am. The aircraft impacted the ground…

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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