# Incident 20160329002479I: Piper PA-32R-300, Jackson, TN, March 29, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 29, 2016, 18:45 local time
- Place: Jackson, TN
- Airport: Mc Kellar-Sipes Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5999° N, 88.9156° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at McKellar-Sipes Regional Airport (MKL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5999&lon=-88.9156&mi=10
- Aircraft: N568WF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N568WF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (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-32R-300
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160329002479I

## Narrative

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

FOR UNKNOWN REASONS THE NOSE GEAR PARTIALLY COLLAPSED UPON TOUCHDOWN, ALLOWING THE PROP TO STRIKE THE GROUND MOMENTARILY. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO KEEP THE NOSE GEAR FROM COLLPASING COMPLETELY BY APPLYING FULL AFT FORCE ON THE ELEVATOR DURING THE TOUCHDOWN ON LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN SHUTDOWN AFTER EXITING THE RUNWAY AND WAS TOWED TO THE RAMP.

## Other reports on N568WF (1)

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

- [Incident 20201226017329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201226017329I), Dec 26, 2020: Piper PA-32R-300 (N568WF), Jackson, TN, Minor damage. The PIC was on a local proficiency flight and was the sole occupant of the aircraft. After returning to mkl from a nearby airport, the PIC established radio…

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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