# Incident 20161116025419I: Piper PA-23-160, Augusta, KS, November 16, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 16, 2016, 15:04 local time
- Place: Augusta, KS
- Airport: Augusta Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6698° N, 97.0780° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AUGUSTA MUNI (3AU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6698&lon=-97.0780&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3250P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3250P-2023-02-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-160 (registry code 7102304, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-23-160
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 616 total, 120 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/20161116025419I

## Narrative

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

DURING TRAINING FLIGHT THE NOSE GEAR PARTIALLY EXTENDED

THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO GET THE GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED, BUT IT WOULD NOT.

WHEN HE LANDED THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE PLANE CAME TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY.

NO INJURIES AND MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT

## Other reports on N3250P (1)

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

- [Incident 19860330025929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860330025929I), Mar 30, 1986: Piper PA23160 (N3250P), Ft Lauderdale, FL, Minor damage. Lost directional control while taxiing to customs area. Struck a taxi light. Improper aileron use during taxi.

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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