# Incident 20120512007449I: Piper PA-24-250, Osceola, IA, May 12, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 2012, 12:30 local time
- Place: Osceola, IA
- Airport: Osceola Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0522° N, 93.6891° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OSCEOLA MUNI (I75), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0522&lon=-93.6891&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6532P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6532P) (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: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,867 total, 1,539 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120512007449I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDED ON RUNWAY 36 AT OSCEOLA (I75) AND DURING ROLL OUT, NOTICED SEVERE VIBRATION. ONCE THERE WAS WEIGHT ON THE NOSE LANDING GEAR (NOSE WHEEL SHIMMY),  THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO DRIFT TOWARD THE LEFT.  PILOT COULD NOT CORRECT FOR DRIFT.  LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR AND NOSE LANDING GEAR DEPARTED THE RUNWAY AT A LOW RATE OF SPEED AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY.  THERE WAS NO SUDDEN STOPPAGE.  THE PILOT SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT TO INSPECT FOR DAMAGE.  THE PROPELLER WAS BENT AND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR TIRE WAS FLAT.

## Other reports on N6532P (2)

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

- [Incident 19960907037729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960907037729I), Sep 7, 1996: Piper PA24250 (N6532P), Ankeny, IA, Minor damage. Narrative: arrived back at Ankeny after trip to muncie, ID, at about 20:00 CDT. Failed to put landing gear down for landing. During phone conversation on…
- [Incident 19781202021769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781202021769I), Dec 2, 1978: Piper PA24250 (N6532P), Winchester, VA, Minor damage. Flight instructor and owner both forgot to extend gear for landing.

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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