# Incident 20200721022299I: Piper PA-32R-301T, Durango, CO, July 21, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 2020, 10:58 local time
- Place: Durango, CO
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2645° N, 107.8741° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Durango, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2645&lon=-107.8741&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4146P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4146P) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 383 total, 205 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/20200721022299I

## Narrative

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

PILOT APPROACHED AIRPORT OVER A MONUTAIN, DROPPED INTO THE PATTERN, PILOT ESTIMATED THAT THEY WERE A LITTLE HIGH. PILOT INDICATED THEY HAD TO DROP ELEVATION WHICH INCREASED SPEED. AS AIRPLANE TOUCHED THE GROUND A CROSSWIND GUSTED CAUSING THE AIRPLANE TO MOVE TOWARDS THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY. AIRPLANE CLIPPED 4 ELEVATED RUNWAY LIGHTS. AIRPLANE HAD SOME DENTS IN THE UNDERSIDE OF THE WING, NO CONTROL SURFACE DAMAGE. NO INJURIES TO PILOT OR PASSENGER.

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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