# Incident 20210622021879I: Piper PA-44-180, Sidney, NE, June 22, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 22, 2021, 23:30 local time
- Place: Sidney, NE
- Airport: Sidney Municipal/Lloyd W. Carr Fiel
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0998° N, 102.9850° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SIDNEY MUNI/LLOYD W CARR FLD (SNY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0998&lon=-102.9850&mi=10
- Aircraft: N144RU, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N144RU) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-44-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 542 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210622021879I

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 22, 2021 AT APPROXIMATELY 2330 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A PIPER PA-44-180 AIRPLANE WAS DAMAGED DUE TO THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSING DURING A TOUCH AND GO AT THE SIDNEY, NEBRASKA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT LLOYD W. CARR FIELD (KSNY).

THE PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) REPORTED DEPARTING FROM BROOMFIELD, COLORADO ROCKY MOUNTAIN METRO AIRPORT (KBJC) ON A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT TO SIDNEY NE, KSNY FOR THE PURPOSE OF BUILDING TIME. A SECOND PILOT WAS ONBOARD THE FLIGHT ACTING AS A SAFETY PILOT WITH THE INTENT OF BUILDING TIME AS THE PIC ON THE RETURN LEG BACK TO KBJC.

UPON ARRIVAL TO KSNY PROCEDURES FOR RNAV 13 AT KSNY WAS ENTERED INTO THE GPS WITH AN INTENTION OF BEING FLOWN AS A PRACTICE APPROACH WITH VECTORS TO FINAL. DURING THE APPROACH ON FINAL THE PIC CALLED OUT PROPS FORWARD, GEAR DOWN, THREE GREEN, PUMPS ON, LIGHTS ON. WHILE ON SHORT FINAL BOTH PILOTS VERIFIED AND CALLED OUT THREE GREEN. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE 1000 FOOT MARKERS ON RUNWAY 13. AS THE NOSE GEAR TOUCHED DOWN THE PIC REACHED TO RAISE THE FLAPS WHEN THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED ON ITS NOSE COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP ON THE RUNWAY.

POLICE OFFICERS RESPONDING TO THE INCIDENT REPORTED THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 1124 FEET FROM THE POINT OF IMPACT AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS STILL ON THE RUNWAY WITH THE LEFT WING OVERHANGING THE GRASS.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE NOSE LANDING GEAR, BOTTOM OF THE FUSELAGE FORWARD OF THE NOSE GEAR, AND LEFT/RIGHT PROPELLERS.  BOTH PILOTS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJURY OR ASSISTANCE.

## Other reports on N144RU (2)

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

- [Incident 20231113019589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231113019589I), Nov 13, 2023: Piper PA-44-180 (N144RU), Broomfield, CO, Minor damage. On November 13, at approximately 1852 LCL, a PA-44, Piper seminole, on landing roll out, the nose gear collapsed. There were two people aboard and there were…
- [Incident 20110513008299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110513008299I), May 13, 2011: Piper PA-44-180 (N144RU), Broomfield, CO, Minor damage. On may 13, 2011, at approximately 1605 mountain daylight time (MDT), a Piper seminole (PA44-180), N144RU, experienced a collapsed nose gear during a touch and…

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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