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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32-260 · Edgartown, MA · August 3, 2015

Date
August 3, 2015 · 12:40 local
Place
Edgartown, MA
Airport
Katama Airpark
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3HA
Reported as
Piper PA-32-260
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-540 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
3,600 total3,300 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft landed, bounced several times (porpoised), the nose wheel then collapsed and the aircraft came to rest on the runway. No reported injuries. Damage to propeller , landing gear, and bottom of aircraft.

There appears to be no damage to the firewall of the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT LANDED, BOUNCED SEVERAL TIMES (PORPOISED), THE NOSE WHEEL THEN COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE RUNWAY. NO REPORTED INJURIES. DAMAGE TO PROPELLER , LANDING GEAR, AND BOTTOM OF AIRCRAFT.

THERE APPEARS TO BE NO DAMAGE TO THE FIREWALL OF THE AIRCRAFT.

Other reports on N3HA · 1

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