# Incident 20130319006309I: Piper PA-32R-301, York, NE, March 19, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 19, 2013, 10:48 local time
- Place: York, NE
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8694° N, 97.5927° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of York, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8694&lon=-97.5927&mi=10
- Aircraft: N408DM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N408DM-2015-06-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301 (registry code 7103218, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32R-301
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 19 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/20130319006309I

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 19, 2013 AT APPROXIMATELY 10:05 CDT, MINNEAPOLIS CENTER REPORTED LOSING RADIO AND TRANSPONDER CONTACT WITH N408DM. THE AIRCRAFT, A PIPER PA-32R-301, WAS OPERATING UNDER 14 CFR 91 ENROUTE FROM WATERTOWN, WISCONSIN TO YORK, NEBRASKA. MINNEAPOLIS CENTER DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND NOTIFIED THE AIRPORT MANAGER AT THE YORK MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.  AT APPROXIMATELY 10:48 CDT, THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 17 AT THE YORK MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.  UPON TOUCHDOWN, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST JUST BEFORE THE INTERSECTION OF RUNWAYS 17 AND 23.  THE PILOT OF THE AIRCRAFT CALLED OMAHA TRACON AND STATED THAT THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM HAD FAILED AND THAT HE HAD PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR EXTENSION.

## Other reports on N408DM (1)

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

- [Accident 20131105022149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131105022149A), Nov 5, 2013: Piper PA-32R-301 (N408DM), Kirksville, MO, Destroyed, 2 fatal. The aircraft was cleared for the GPS approach to runway 18 and progressed on the inbound course until reaching the final approach fix. The aircraft then made…

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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