# Incident 20161006016239I: Piper PA-32RT-300T, Hot Springs, AR, October 6, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 6, 2016, 16:30 local time
- Place: Hot Springs, AR
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5037° N, 93.0552° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hot Springs, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5037&lon=-93.0552&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3049K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3049K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300T (registry code 7103216, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32RT-300T
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161006016239I

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 6, 2016, AT 1630 CST, A PIPER PA-32, N3049K, REGISTERED TO QUACHITA REGIONAL ANESTHESIA, PLLC, EXPERIENCED A RIGHT GEAR COLLAPSE ON LANDING ROLLOUT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT HAD MINOR DAMAGE AND THE CERTIFICATED PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT HOT SPRINGS AR, MEMORIAL FIELD AIRPORT AND ENDED AT HOT SPRINGS AR, MEMORIAL FIELD AIRPORT.

## Other reports on N3049K (2)

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

- [Incident 19801229089239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801229089239I), Dec 29, 1980: Piper PA32RT300T (N3049K), Lancaster, TX, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed due to failed nose gear downlock while taxiing.
- [Accident 19800825044249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800825044249A), Aug 25, 1980: Piper PA32300 (N3049K), Decatur, TX, Substantial damage. Landed long & fast. Blew out main gear tire trying to stop. Ran off end, collapsed main & nose gear.

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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