# Incident 20170611013269I: Piper PA-24-250, Selkirk, NY, June 11, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 11, 2017, 17:30 local time
- Place: Selkirk, NY
- Airport: South Albany
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5607° N, 73.8339° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SOUTH ALBANY (4B0), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5607&lon=-73.8339&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7351P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7351P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-250
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 707 total, 54 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170611013269I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED 4B0 RUNWAY 01 AND COMMENCED A LEFT TRAFFIC PATTERN SUBSEQUENTLY ENTERING LEFT TRAFFIC FOR 4B0 RUNWAY 19. WIND DIRECTION AT TIME OF EVENT INDICATED A VARIBLE TO DIRECT CROSSWIND FROM THE WEST. THE PILOT USED A MINIMUM FLAP SETTING ON APPROACH TO LANDING RUNWAY 19. UPON LANDING THE AIRCRAFT INTIALLY TOUCHED DOWN APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET PRIOR TO RUNWAY 19. THE LANDING GEAR WAS DAMAGED AS A RESULT OF THE IMPACT WITH THE WET GRASSY SOIL SUBSEQUENTLY RESULTING IN THE NOSE GEAR DEPARTING THE AIRCRAFT AS IT TRANSITIONED TO THE RUNWAY 19 PAVEMENT. THE PROPELLER THEN CONTACTED THE RUNWAY AND THE ENGINE WAS SUDDENLY STOPPED AS THE AIRCRAFT SLID DOWN THE RUNWAY ON THE MAIN LANDING GEAR AND NOSE COWLING.

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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