# Incident 20220517023159I: Piper PA-23-250, Albuquerque, NM, May 17, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 2022, 11:00 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Airport: Albuquerque Sunport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0389° N, 106.6083° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALBUQUERQUE INTL SUNPORT (ABQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0389&lon=-106.6083&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54109, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N54109) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (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-23-250
- 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/20220517023159I

## Narrative

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

ON 17 MAY 2022, AT APPROXIMATELY 1100 LCL, A PIPER PA-23-250 AZTEC AIRCRAFT BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER N54109, REGISTERED TO P&J AIRCRAFT LLC. AND OPERATED BY SAND HILLS AVIATION, AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNING FROM A LOCAL FLIGHT OVER ABQ, PRIOR TO LANDING EXPERIENCED A FAILURE OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR TO FULLY EXTEND.

THE PILOT REMAINED IN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT DURING LANDING WITH ONLY THE MAIN LANDING GEAR EXTENDED AND LOCKED.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE, AND THE PILOT SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN ALBUQUERQUE, NM.

## Other reports on N54109 (1)

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

- [Incident 20110314003279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110314003279I), Mar 14, 2011: Piper PA-23-250 (N54109), Plant City, FL, Minor damage. On March 14, 2011, at 10:00 edst, a Piper PA-23-250, N54109, registered to mitchell enterprises inc., contacted the runway with the left and right propellers…

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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