# Accident 20240223000929A: Piper PA-32-260, Tulsa, OK, February 23, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 23, 2024, 15:48 local time
- Place: Tulsa, OK
- Airport: Richard Lloyd Jones Jr
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0389° N, 95.9842° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0389&lon=-95.9842&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3645W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3645W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32-260
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 240 total, 40 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN24LA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA122) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240223000929A

## Narrative

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

THIS OFFICE WAS CALLED BY THE REGIONAL OPERATIONS COMMAND ON 02/23/2024 AROUND 4:05 PM CONFIRMING THAT A RUNWAY INCURSION HAPPED AT TULSA RIVERSIDE AIRPORT (KRVS) AROUND 2148Z. THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROACHING RUNWAY 1R TO LAND WHEN THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE RUNWAY WITH VISIBLE FORCE COLLAPSING THE NOSE GEAR, AND THE PROPELLER STRIKING THE GROUND WHILE THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO THE LEFT-HAND SIDE OF THE RUNWAY WHERE IT CAME TO A STOP. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM THE RUNWAY AND TAKEN TO THE PILOT'S HANGAR WHERE IT SET UNTIL INSPECTED ON 02/26/2024 AT 8:00AM. WHEN INSPECTING THE AIRCRAFT IT WAS NOTED THAT THERE WAS VISIBLE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT PROPELLER BLADES FROM STRIKING THE GROUND, THE FRONT NOSE WHEEL WAS BENT TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT BEING PUSHED UP TO THE BOTTOM OF THE PLANE. LOOKING INTO THE COWLING THE MOTOR MOUNT WAS BENT TO INCLUDE CRUMPLING OF THE FIREWALL ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT SIDE WITH A VISIBLE CREASE IN THE FIREWALL RUNNING FROM THE BOTTOM RIGHT UP TO THE CENTER.

## 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 CEN24LA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA122), Feb 23, 2024: Piper PA32 (N3645W), Tulsa, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadvertent retraction of the flaps while landing which resulted in a hard landing and loss of directional control.

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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