# Incident 20140515008229I: Piper PA-32R-301T, Las Vegas, NV, May 15, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 2014, 13:51 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: North Las Vegas
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2107° N, 115.1944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORTH LAS VEGAS (VGT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2107&lon=-115.1944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N26849 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32R-301T
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 635 total, 320 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140515008229I

## Narrative

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

1. PILOT WAS AT 80 KNOTS INDICATED AND FELT A SLIGHT VIBRATION AS THE NOSE GEAR STARTED TO CLEAR THE RUNWAY, AT WHICH TIME THE VIBRATION TURNED INTO A COMPLETE BLOWOUT OF THE NOSE GEAR TIRE OVER APPROXIMATELY A THREE (3) SECONDS TIMEFRAME. THE NOSE ATTITUDE BEGAN TO FALL; THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED INTO THE NOSE GEAR WELL, WHICH THE PILOT STATES TURNED INTO A PROP STRIKE.

2. PILOT STATES HE CUT THE THROTTLE WITHIN "ONE SECOND" OF THE VIBRATION BEGINNING, SLID A LONG WAYS BEFORE COMING TO REST ON THE ASPHALT OF RUNWAY 12R, JUST LEFT OF CENTER-LINE.

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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