# Incident 20221215020159I: Piper PA-32RT-300, Friday Harbor, WA, December 15, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 15, 2022, 11:30 local time
- Place: Friday Harbor, WA
- Airport: Friday Harbor
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.5339° N, 123.0190° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Friday Harbor, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.5339&lon=-123.0190&mi=10
- Aircraft: N555AM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N555AM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300 (registry code 7103215, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32RT-300
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,646 total, 830 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221215020159I

## Narrative

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

DURING TAKEOFF ROLL NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED APPROXIMATELY 1/3 DOWN THE RUNWAY. PIC THEN OBSERVED LANDING GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT COME ON. AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO A COMPLETE STOP APPROXIMATELY 1/2 WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY. COLLAPSED NOSE GEAR RESULTED IN MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE LANDING DOORS AND PROPELLERS. NO INJURIES REPORTED.

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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