# Incident 20120904018199I: Piper PA-34-200T, Big Spring, TX, September 4, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 2012, 14:00 local time
- Place: Big Spring, TX
- Airport: Mcmahon-Wrinkle Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2383° N, 101.4857° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Big Spring, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2383&lon=-101.4857&mi=10
- Aircraft: N75226, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N75226-2018-07-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (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-34-200T
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, unknown or foreign certificate
- Pilot flight hours: 19,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120904018199I

## Narrative

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

ON LANDING AT BIG SPRING, TX (BPG) THE PILOT ENCOUNTERED A HARD LANDING WHICH PUT EXCESSIVE STRESS ON THE NOSE GEAR RESULTING IN THE PARTIAL COLLAPSE OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR. MINOR DAMAGE OCCURRED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING TRANSFERRED FROM ITS PREVIOUS OWNER IN ARIZONA TO A BUYER IN BRAZIL.  THE PILOT HOLDS A U.S. PILOT CERTIFICATE.

## Other reports on N75226 (1)

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

- [Incident 19970830028859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970830028859I), Aug 30, 1997: Piper PA34200T (N75226), Falmouth, MA, Minor damage. Narrative: N75226 a PA-34-200T being operated by block island airlines, a FAR part 135 operator, was enroute from block island, RI (bid) to martha's vineyard,…

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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