# Incident 20210708010469I: Piper PA-24-250, Morriston, TN, July 8, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 2021, 10:45 local time
- Place: Morriston, TN
- Airport: Moore-Murrell
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1794° N, 83.3755° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MOORE-MURRELL (MOR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1794&lon=-83.3755&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8220P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8220P) (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
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210708010469I

## Narrative

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

CFI STATED ON APPROACH TO LAND THE STUDENT APPROACH WAS TO STEEP AND FAILED TO FLAIR CORRECTLY WHICH RESULTED IN A HARD LANDING ON THE GEAR WHICH CAUSED THE GEAR TO COLLAPSE. IT WAS CONFIRMED BY THE AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTOR THAT THE GEAR WAS DOWN WHEN THEY LANDED AND THIS IN FACT WAS A GEAR COLLAPSE DUE TO A HARD LANDING.

## Other reports on N8220P (1)

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

- [Accident 20181005019479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181005019479A), Oct 5, 2018: Piper PA-24-250 (N8220P), Winder, GA, Substantial damage. Pilot reported being distracted by the aircrafts interior lights going out on final. After the pilot extended the flaps. During the approach to runway 31…

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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