# Incident 20131124023429I: Piper PA-46-310P, Sugarland, TX, November 24, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 24, 2013, 19:45 local time
- Place: Sugarland, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6197° N, 95.6349° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sugar Land, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6197&lon=-95.6349&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4366Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4366Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-46-310P (registry code 7104605, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-310p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-46-310P
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 566 total, 94 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131124023429I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS CONDUCTING A TOUCH-AND-GO AT NIGHT. AFTER TOUCH DOWN HE RETRACTED THE GEAR INSTEAD OF THE FLAPS. HE IMMEDIATELY TRIED TO CORRECT BY PLACING GEAR HANDLE BACK DOWN BUT THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTED CAUSING A PROP STRIKE.

## Other reports on N4366Z (1)

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

- [Incident 19920927043659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920927043659I), Sep 27, 1992: Piper PA46310P (N4366Z), Houston, TX, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed on landing rollout. Found nose gear actuator rod end was broken.

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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