# Incident 20160711011019I: Piper PA-32R-301, Plymouth, MA, July 11, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 2016, 18:00 local time
- Place: Plymouth, MA
- Airport: Plymouth Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9088° N, 70.7276° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PLYMOUTH MUNI (PYM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9088&lon=-70.7276&mi=10
- Aircraft: N84023, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N84023) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301 (registry code 7103218, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301) (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-301
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 709 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160711011019I

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 11, 2016, THE OPERATOR OF N84023 EXPERIENCED A LANDING GEAR MALFUNCTION AND DEPARTED RUNWAY 06 TO THE LEFT SIDE INTO THE GRASS. THE WEATHER REPORTED AT THE AIRPORT WAS DAY VFR (WIND AT 070 AT 4KTS, SKY CLEAR, VISIBILITY 10 MILES, SURFACE CONDITIONS DRY). THE PILOT STATED THAT HE PERFORMED ALL OF HIS REQUIRED CHECKLISTS PRIOR TO LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN WITHIN THE 1000? MARKERS AND THE PILOT STATED THAT SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHDOWN, ?THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED.? THE PILOT TRIED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT BUT COULD NOT.

UPON INVESTIGATION, THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY DUE TO A MECHANICAL LEFT MAIN GEAR MALFUNCTION. THERE IS EVIDENCE THAT CLEARLY SUPPORTS THE EXTENSION OF THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR. THIS IS CONCLUSIVE IN PART BY THE DARK SKID MARK FROM THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR THAT STARTS FROM RUNWAY CENTER AND EXITS THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 06/24. UPON EXITING THE RUNWAY, THE RIGHT WING (AT THE LEADING EDGE WING ROOT) IMPACTED THE RUNWAY EDGE LIGHT AND DESTROYED IT. THE SKID MARK CONTINUES INTO THE GRASS. THIS SAME SKID MARK LEAVES A DEEP RUT IN THE GRASS AND THEN JUMPS INTO A SECOND DEEP RUT IN THE GRASS AND COMES TO A STOP. THERE ARE CLEAR INDICATIONS THAT THE LEFT MAIN FAILED DUE TO LEFT WING TIP DAMAGE AND A FILED DOWN PITOT TUBE. THERE IS A WHITE LINE FROM THE METAL OF THE PITOT TUBE SCRAPING THE RUNWAY PARALLEL TO THE SKID MARKS FROM THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR TIRE. THERE ARE ALSO INDICATIONS THAT THE NOSE WHEEL WAS INTERMITTENTLY MAKING CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY DUE TO SKID MARKS PARALLEL TO THE SKID MARKS FROM THE RIGHT MAIN TIRE. THERE WAS ALSO EVIDENCE ON THE RUNWAY THAT THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE PAVEMENT. ALTHOUGH THE SPACING WAS UNIFORM AND STARTED APPROXIMATELY 20 INCHES APART AND GRADUALLY ENDED UP APPROXIMATELY 4 FEET APART. THIS INDICATES THAT THAT THERE WAS NO POWER ADDED AND NO ATTEMPT TO INCREASE PITCH ATTITUDE FOR A GO AROUND.

## Other reports on N84023 (1)

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

- [Incident 20031114029069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031114029069I), Nov 14, 2003: Piper PA32R301 (N84023), Ambler, AK, Minor damage. (-23) [privacy data omitted] during the landing roll at Ambler, AK., the nose gear retracted, and during the time the aircraft's propeller was striking the…

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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