# Accident 20220605021599A: Piper PA-32R-300, Gettysburg, SD, June 5, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 5, 2022, 11:35 local time
- Place: Gettysburg, SD
- Airport: Gettysburg Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9866° N, 99.9529° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9866&lon=-99.9529&mi=10
- Aircraft: N901BW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N901BW) (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
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,350 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN22LA257](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA257) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220605021599A

## Narrative

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

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!

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN22LA257](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA257), Jun 5, 2022: Piper PA-32R-300 (N901BW), Gettysburg, SD, substantial damage. Probable cause: An inadvertent hard landing by the pilot.

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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