# Accident 20210602007509A: Piper PA-28-161, San Angelo, TX, June 2, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 2, 2021, 20:50 local time
- Place: San Angelo, TX
- Airport: San Angelo International Airpo
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.3567° N, 100.4992° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.3567&lon=-100.4992&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2120J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2120J-2025-05-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-161
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 21 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN21LA256](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA256) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210602007509A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 2, 2021, AT 2050 CDT, A PIPER PA-28-161, BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER N2120J REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SUFFERED A LEFT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSE.  THIS OCCURRED AFTER LANDING AT SAN ANGELO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN SAN ANGELO, TX.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A TRAINING FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, AND THE CERTIFICATED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT PILOT WERE NOT INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM SAN ANGELO (SJT)AIRPORT, TX ON JUNE 2, 2021, AT 1926 CDT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN21LA256](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA256), Jun 3, 2021: Piper PA-28-161 (N2120J), San Angelo, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: Inadequate maintenance of the left main landing gear strut, which resulted in a landing gear collapse.

## Other reports on N2120J (1)

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

- [Accident 20110417009919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110417009919A), Apr 17, 2011: Piper PA-28-161 (N2120J), San Angelo, TX, Substantial damage. On April 17, 2011, N2120J, a Piper PA-28-161, was operated by private pilot [privacy data omitted] under VFR flight rules and title 14 CFR part 91. The pilot…

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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