# Incident 20200816014329I: Piper PA-24-250, Lancaster, TX, August 16, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 2020, 11:27 local time
- Place: Lancaster, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5921° N, 96.7561° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lancaster, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5921&lon=-96.7561&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7844P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7844P) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 294 total, 50 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200816014329I

## Narrative

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

- 16 AUG 20, AT 1627 (UTC), ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FLEW AIRCRAFT N7844P FROM EAGLE?S NEST AIRPORT (T56) TO LANCASTER AIRPORT (LNC).  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OVERFLEW LNC RUNWAY 13 FROM THE WEST ENTERING DOWNWIND FOR LEFT TRAFFIC, AT MIDFIELD PERFORMED A BEFORE LANDING CHECK LIST (GUMPS CHECK), THEN LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE, OBSERVING A LANDING GEAR DOWN GREEN LIGHT AND OBSERVED THE GEARS DOWN POSITION IN THE WINGTIP MIRRORS.  TURNING BASE LEG, TO RUNWAY 13, LOWERED THE FLAPS FULLY AND SET THE APPROACH SPEED TO ABOUT 95 MPG.   THE WINDS CALM AND STRAIGHT DOWN RUNWAY. THE PLANE TOUCHED DOWN ON THE TOUCHDOWN MARKERS, ONCE ALL THREE TIRES WERE ON THE GROUND, BEGAN NORMAL ROLLOUT.  IMMEDIATELY, THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT JOSTLED TO THE LEFT, THE PILOT INPUT RIGHT RUDDER, THEN THE LEFT MAIN AND NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.  THE AIRCRAFT STRAIGHTENED OUT AND SKID ON IT BELLY APPROXIMATELY 100 +/- FEET AND CAME TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY, BETWEEN CHARLIE AND DELTA TAXIWAYS FACING RUNWAY 31.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ EXITED THE AIRCRAFT REPORTING NO INJURIES.

- AT PRESENT TIME, THERE IS NO SOLID OR DISTINCTIVE AMOUNT OF EVIDENCE DEPICTING MATERIAL DEGRADATION OR PILOT ERROR AS A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO THE INCIDENT.  HOWEVER, I WILL REMAIN IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH THE PILOT AND THE REPAIR STATION SELECTED TO PERFORM REPAIRS TO THE AIRCRAFT, IN THE HOPE, THE REPAIR STATION CAN PROVIDE ANY LIGHT ON THE CAUSE OF THE INCIDENT.

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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