# Incident 20211229021469I: Piper PA-32R-300, Odessa, TX, December 29, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 29, 2021, 17:52 local time
- Place: Odessa, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.8457° N, 102.3676° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Odessa, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8457&lon=-102.3676&mi=10
- Aircraft: N75397, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N75397) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32R-300
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211229021469I

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 29, 2021, AT 19:50 LOCAL(0150Z), A 1976 PIPER PA-32R-300 LANCE SINGLE ENGINE LAND AIRCRAFT BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER N75397, REGISTERED TO A PRIVATE OWNER, THE NOSE GEAR FAILED WHILE IN TRANSIT. THE NOSE GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND NORMALLY AND ALTERNATE GEAR EXTENSION FAILED. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AT THE  ODESSA-SCHLEMEYER FIELD AIRPORT (KODO), RUNWAY 20.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A VFR FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE, AND THE PILOT SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE EL DORADO AIRPORT (K27R) ON DECEMBER 29, 2021.

## Other reports on N75397 (1)

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

- [Accident 19871221082931A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871221082931A), Dec 21, 1987: Piper PA32R300 (N75397), Los Angeles, CA, Substantial damage. While holding on taxiway was struck by N911E that failed to hold short of the taxiway as advised by control tower.

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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