# Incident 20150220002699I: Piper AEROSTAR 601P, Zephyrhills, FL, February 20, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 20, 2015, 14:15 local time
- Place: Zephyrhills, FL
- Airport: Zephyrhills Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.2267° N, 82.1556° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ZEPHYRHILLS MUNI (ZPH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.2267&lon=-82.1556&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7RZ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER AEROSTAR 601P
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 11,029 total, 522 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/20150220002699I

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 20, 2015, A PIPER 601P, N7RZ, SERIAL NUMBER 61P06577963305, ENCOUNTERED A NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE, DUE TO A HARD LANDING, AT ZPH AIRPORT IN ZEPHYRHILLS, FLORIDA, AT 1915Z. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE PILOT AND ONE PAX HAD NO INJURIES. THE WEATHER WAS VMC.

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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