# Incident 20200328003059I: Piper PA-32R-300, Mesa, AZ, March 28, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 28, 2020, 12:10 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Airport: Falcon Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4608° N, 111.7283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FALCON FLD (FFZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4608&lon=-111.7283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N924SM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N924SM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32R-300
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200328003059I

## Narrative

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

PIC STATEMENT OF EVENTS:

IT WAS A FUNCTION CHECK FLIGHT AFTER TAKING OWNERSHIP OF THE AIRCRAFT.

I STARTED WITH AN ENGINE RUNUP AND HIGH SPEED TAXI TO CHECK INSTRUMENTS AND POWER SETTINGS.

THEN A NORMAL TAKEOFF LEAVING THE GEAR DOWN IN THE PATTERN AND RETURNED FOR A NORMAL LANDING.

UPON TOUCHING DOWN, THE NOSE GEAR SLOWLY RETRACTED AND THE NOSE MADE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY CAUSING A PROP STRIKE AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE COWLING.

THE ENTIRE FLIGHT WAS OPERATED WITH THE GEAR DOWN AND 3 GEAR LIGHTS INDICATING GEAR DOWN.

IT APPEARS THE UPLOCK ON THE NOSE GEAR WAS BROKEN AND ALLOWED THE NOSE GEAR TO RETRACT ON LANDING.

## Other reports on N924SM (1)

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

- [Incident 19980606025369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980606025369I), Jun 6, 1998: Piper PA32R300 (N924SM), Torrance, CA, Minor damage. On final approach the pilot stated that his radios were getting weak, he could not hear him. Tower cleared him to land and he responded by rocking his wings as…

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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