# Incident 20161224019409I: Piper PA-32R-301T, Fullerton, CA, December 24, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 24, 2016, 13:29 local time
- Place: Fullerton, CA
- Airport: Fullerton Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8720° N, 117.9798° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FULLERTON MUNI (FUL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8720&lon=-117.9798&mi=10
- Aircraft: N446RH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N446RH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301T (registry code 7103220, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301t) (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-32R-301T
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,644 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161224019409I

## Narrative

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

WHILE TAXIING EASTBOUND ON TAXIWAY ALPHA TO RUNWAY 24 RUN UP AREA, JUST EAST OF TAXIWAY CHARLIE, THE AIRCRAFT LEFT THE LEFT SIDE OF TAXIWAY ALPHA AND ENTERED THE GRASS. BECAUSE THE GROUND WAS SOFT FROM PREVIOUS RAINS THE NOSE WHEEL SANK INTO THE SOFT SOIL/GRASS CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE AND THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE GROUND.

## Other reports on N446RH (1)

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

- [Incident 20170726015309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170726015309I), Jul 26, 2017: Piper PA-32R-301T (N446RH), La Verne, CA, Minor damage. After takeoff, pilot declared an emergency due to smoke in the cockpit. Returned and landed without incident. Fire crew responded and extinguished a fire in…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.