# Incident 20140514008389I: Piper AEROSTAR 601P, Ruidoso, NM, May 14, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 2014, 14:25 local time
- Place: Ruidoso, NM
- Airport: Sierra Blanca Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4609° N, 105.5301° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SIERRA BLANCA RGNL (SRR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4609&lon=-105.5301&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21VB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N21VB-2015-08-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper AEROSTAR 601P (registry code 7106012, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-aerostar-601p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER AEROSTAR 601P
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 200 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140514008389I

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 14, 2014 AT APPROXIMATELY 1300 CDT N21VB (PIPER AEROSTAR-601P) DEPARTED ADDISON AIRPORT (KADS), DALLAS TX ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WITH A SCHEDULED LANDING AT SIERRA BLANCA REGIONAL (SRR), RUIDOSO NM.  AT APPROXIMATELY 1425 MDT, UPON ENTERING THE PATTERN AT SRR, THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON THE RUNWAY.  THE PILOT NOTED THAT HE WAS TOO FAST TO PUT THE GEAR DOWN WHILE ON LEFT BASE FOR RUNWAY 24 AND STATED THAT HE PUT THE GEAR HANDLE DOWN ON A HALF MILE FINAL.    DURING THE LANDING, THE PROPELLERS STRUCK THE RUNWAY AND AIRCRAFT SLID TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND PRIVATE PILOT WHOM WAS INSTRUMENT RATED AND HIS SPOUSE RECEIVED NO INJURIES.

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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