20161227019449I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32-300 · Big Bear, CA · December 27, 2016

Date
December 27, 2016 · 17:33 local
Place
Big Bear, CA
Airport
Big Bear City Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4107R
Reported as
Piper PA-32-300
Reported engine
Lycoming TI0-540 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
349 total85 in this make and model9 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

During normal approach and landing RWY26 at Big Bear airport(L35) a/c began to slide right off of runway. Snow caused nose gear to collapse.

As the FAA filed it

DURING NORMAL APPROACH AND LANDING RWY26 AT BIG BEAR AIRPORT(L35) A/C BEGAN TO SLIDE RIGHT OFF OF RUNWAY. SNOW CAUSED NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE.