# Incident 20190716011909I: Piper PA-32R-300, Olive Branch, MS, July 16, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 2019, 20:23 local time
- Place: Olive Branch, MS
- Airport: Olive Branch Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9787° N, 89.7869° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Olive Branch Airport (OLV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9787&lon=-89.7869&mi=10
- Aircraft: N635BD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N635BD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (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-300
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190716011909I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT WAS PRACTICING TAKE-OFFS AND LANGINGS ON RUNWAY 18 AT OLV.  ON THE 4TH LANDING AND DURING THE ROLLOUT, THE NOSEGEAR COLLAPSED STIKING THE PROPELLER TIPS ON THE PAVEMENT AND STOPPING THE ENGINE.  THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJURY.

INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THE NOSE GEAR STRUT TRUNNION DRAG LINK ATTACH POINT FAILED AND ALLOWED THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE FORWARD. THE FAILED PARTS WERE RETRIEVED AND CLOSE INSPECTION OF THE METAL DOES NOT SHOW ANY EVIDENCE OF PREVIOUS CRACKS OR CORROSION. AIRFRAME INSPECTION DOES NOT SHOW ANY EVIDENCE OF A HARD LANDING AND SECURITY CAMERAS OF THE LANDING SHOW A NORMAL TOUCHDOWN WITH A SLOW COLLAPSE OF THE GEAR. SDR FILED ON FAILED TRUNNION.

## Other reports on N635BD (1)

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

- [Accident 20230405006069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230405006069A), Apr 5, 2023: Piper PA-32R-300 (N635BD), Venice, FL, Destroyed, 4 fatal. On April 05, 2023, at 2137 EDT, a Piper PA-32R-300, departed Venice airport runway 23 under night visual flight rules, with 4 people on board the airplane. The…

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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