# Incident 20120921019729I: Piper PA-32R-300, Roswell, NM, September 21, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 2012, 11:42 local time
- Place: Roswell, NM
- Airport: Roswell International Air Center
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2999° N, 104.5294° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ROSWELL AIR CENTER (ROW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2999&lon=-104.5294&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7204C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7204C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-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-32R-300
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 16,000 total, 800 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120921019729I

## Narrative

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

THIS INCIDENT INVESTIGATION REPORT INVOLVES AIRCRAFT N7204C, A PIPER AIRCRAFT PA-32R-300 LANCE.  ON SEPTEMBER 21, 2012 THE PILOT REPORTED AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM AND DIVERTED TO THE ROSWELL INTERNATIONAL AIR CENTER (KROW), IN ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO.  THE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 VISUAL FLIGHT RULES.  THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AT 10:42 MDT, WHEN THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED UPON LANDING ON RUNWAY 03.  THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED.  THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WINGTIP, FLAP, FLAP HINGE, AND PASSENGER STEP. THE CAUSE OF THE LANDING GEAR FAILURE WAS INCONCLUSIVE.

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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