# Incident 20150803011679I: Piper PA-32-260, Edgartown, MA, August 3, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 2015, 12:40 local time
- Place: Edgartown, MA
- Airport: Katama Airpark
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3585° N, 70.5245° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KATAMA AIRPARK (1B2), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3585&lon=-70.5245&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3HA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3HA-2018-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32-260
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,600 total, 3,300 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150803011679I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Accident 19901027047209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901027047209A), Oct 27, 1990: Piper PA32260 (N3HA), Bally, PA, Substantial damage. Nose first landing. Veered off runway into a tree. Bent wing collapsed nose gear. Wheel rim on runway impacted area

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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