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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-32R-300 · Gettysburg, SD · June 5, 2022

Date: June 5, 2022 · 11:35 local
Place: Gettysburg, SD
Airport: Gettysburg Airport
Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N901BW
NTSB investigation: NTSBCEN22LA257
Reported as: Piper PA-32R-300
Reported engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,350 total

N901BWRegistered now · Piper PA-32R-300S/N 32R-7680451 · Built 1976 Airframe modelPiper PA-32R-300 Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

06/05/2022 privacy data omitted departed fall city, nb. (Kfnb) and landed at Gettysburg ,SD. (K0D8) on landing rollout at less than 40 KTS. The nose gear collapsed forward. This caused minor damage to the cowling and nose gear and damaged 2 blades of the propeller. Aircraft was towed from runway and stored in a hangar at (K0D8). Initial photos show strutural failure of nose gear drag link ata code 3230. Further investigation showed a broken motor mount, to which the nose gear is attached, making this incident an accident!

As the FAA filed it

06/05/2022 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED FALL CITY, NB. (KFNB) AND LANDED AT GETTYSBURG ,SD. (K0D8) ON LANDING ROLLOUT AT LESS THAN 40 KTS. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED FORWARD. THIS CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE COWLING AND NOSE GEAR AND DAMAGED 2 BLADES OF THE PROPELLER. AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED FROM RUNWAY AND STORED IN A HANGAR AT (K0D8). INITIAL PHOTOS SHOW STRUTURAL FAILURE OF NOSE GEAR DRAG LINK ATA CODE 3230. FURTHER INVESTIGATION SHOWED A BROKEN MOTOR MOUNT, TO WHICH THE NOSE GEAR IS ATTACHED, MAKING THIS INCIDENT AN ACCIDENT!

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB CEN22LA257Accident · No injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportGettysburg, SDAn inadvertent hard landing by the pilot.Jun 5, 2022 · Substantial damage