# Incident 20121113027379I: Piper PA-32RT-300T, Columbus, GA, November 13, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 13, 2012, 14:20 local time
- Place: Columbus, GA
- Airport: Columbus Metropolitan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4610° N, 84.9877° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Columbus, GA, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4610&lon=-84.9877&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2150B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2150B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300T (registry code 7103216, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300t) (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-300T
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 809 total, 534 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121113027379I

## Narrative

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

PILOT SELECTED GEAR DOWN PRIOR TO LANDING.  LANDING GEAR INDICATED ALL 3 DOWN AND LOCKED.  AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED RESULTING IN PROP STRIKING THE GROUND WITH ENGINE SUDDEN STOPPAGE.  NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED BY PILOT OR PASSENGER.

## Other reports on N2150B (1)

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

- [Incident 20080604840229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080604840229I), Jun 4, 2008: Piper PA32RT300T (N2150B), North Little R, AR, Minor damage. (-23) On June 4, 2008, a Piper PA-32-300T, N2150B, landed hard on runway 23 at the North Little Rock Municipal Airport (ork), north Little Rock, Arkansas. 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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