# Incident 20240622006909I: Piper Aircraft Inc PA 46-350P, Groveland, CA, June 22, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 22, 2024, 12:25 local time
- Place: Groveland, CA
- Airport: Pine Mountain Lake
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.8615° N, 120.1782° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Pine Mountain Lake Airport (E45), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8615&lon=-120.1782&mi=10
- Aircraft: N614ST, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N614ST) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA 46-350P (registry code 7104619, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-350p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TIO-540-AE2A (registry code 41999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-tio-540-ae2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER AIRCRAFT INC PA 46-350P
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TIO-540-AE2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,429 total, 346 in this make and model, 47 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240622006909I

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 22, 2024, 1225 PDT, A PA 46-350 WAS INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY 27 AT THE PINE MOUNTAIN AIRPORT (E45).  THE PILOT REPORTED THAT DURING THE FLARE TO TOUCH DOWN, THE LANDING WAS NOTED AS SLIGHTLY FLAT. UPON LANDING, THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE AND PROPELLER TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE ASPHALT. 2 PEOPLE ON BOARD WITH NO REPORTED INJURIES.

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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