# Incident 20210905015369I: Piper PA-46-310P, Danbury, CT, September 5, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 2021, 15:10 local time
- Place: Danbury, CT
- Airport: Danbury
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3715° N, 73.4822° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DANBURY MUNI (DXR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3715&lon=-73.4822&mi=10
- Aircraft: N87RD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N87RD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-46-310P (registry code 7104605, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-310p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-46-310P
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-550 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,686 total, 2,365 in this make and model, 47 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210905015369I

## Narrative

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

ON SEPT 5, 2021 AT 1520 EST, AIRPLANE PIPER PA46 REGISTRATION N87RD, LANDED LONG AND CAME TO A STOP APPROX. 30 FEET OFF RUNWAY 08 IN A GRASSY/MUDDY AREA AT DANBURY AIRPORT, DANBURY, CT.  THE AIRCRAFT?S NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AS IT HIT THE MUD AND THE PROP STRUCK THE GROUND.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND THERE WAS NO OTHER DAMAGE.

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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