# Incident 20160403007439I: Piper PA-32R-300, St Petersburg, FL, April 3, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 3, 2016, 16:49 local time
- Place: St Petersburg, FL
- Airport: Albert Whitted
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.7651° N, 82.6269° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALBERT WHITTED (SPG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7651&lon=-82.6269&mi=10
- Aircraft: N544DG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N544DG-2018-06-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32R-300
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 12,300 total, 635 in this make and model, 42 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160403007439I

## Narrative

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

ON 04/03/2016, AT APPROXIMATELY 16:49 LCL, A PIPER PA-32R-300, N544DG, REGISTERED TO "LANCE N38544 LLC" (MERRITT ISLAND, FL), LANDED ON RWY 18 AT ALBERT WHITTED AIRPORT (SPG - ST PETERSBURG, FL) WHEN THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR AND NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. VISUAL METEOROLIGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PILOT/PASSENGERS WERE UNINJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED EARLIER FROM MERRITT ISLAND AIRPORT (COI - MERRITT ISLAND, FL).

## Other reports on N544DG (1)

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

- [Accident 20170903017589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170903017589A), Sep 3, 2017: Piper PA-32R-300 (N544DG), Merritt Island, FL, Substantial damage. Pilot used almost entire length of runway before rotation, post rotation the aircraft settled and contacted water.

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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