# Incident 20240530006779I: Piper PA-32R-300, Manhattan, KS, May 30, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 2024, 18:43 local time
- Place: Manhattan, KS
- Airport: Manhattan Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1414° N, 96.6716° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MANHATTAN RGNL (MHK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1414&lon=-96.6716&mi=10
- Aircraft: N65BD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N65BD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540-K1A5D (registry code 41664, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-k1a5d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32R-300
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540-K1A5D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,600 total, 250 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240530006779I

## Narrative

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

ON 5/30/2024 AT APPROXIMATELY 1843 A PIPER PA-32R-300 DIVERTED TO KMHK, MANHATTAN REGIONAL AIRPORT DUE TO SUSPECTED VACUUM PUMP FAILURE. DURING LANDING THE NOSE GEAR FAILED TO EXTENT AND LOCK.  THIS RESULTED IN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSING DURING LANDING.  UPON COLLAPSE OF THE NOSE GEAR DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE COWLING, COWL FLAPS AND ITEMS FORWARD OF THE FIRE WALL.  DAMAGE IS ISOLATED TO FIRE WALL FOWARD AND IS DETERMINED AS AN INCIDENT.  THERE WAS NO BODILY INJURY REPORTED AND NO DAMAGE TO AIRPORT PROPERTY.

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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