# Incident 20240928017869I: Piper PA-24-250, Page, AZ, September 28, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 2024, 11:14 local time
- Place: Page, AZ
- Airport: Page Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.9261° N, 111.4484° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PAGE MUNI (PGA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9261&lon=-111.4484&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40193, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N40193) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (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-24-250
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 277 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240928017869I

## Narrative

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

THE FAA WAS NOT AT THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PILOT STATED, "APPROACH AND TYPICAL LANDING WITH INTENTION FOR FULL STOP. FELT AIRPLANE TOUCH DOWN AND ROLL FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, I’D ESTIMATE ABOUT 600’. HARD PULL TO THE LEFT, NOT SURE WHY. MAINTAINED LEFT RIGHT CONTROL USING RUDDER PEDALS, NOTED NOSE DIP AND PROP STRIKE RUNWAY, HEARD SCRAPING AND AIRPLANE CAME TO A STOP. EXITED AIRPLANE TO FIND GEAR COLLAPSED AND AIRPLANE ON THE FRONT OF ITS BELLY. RE-ENTERED AIRPLANE AND TURNED OFF MAIN AS WELL AS MAGS. NOTED RUBBER SKID MARK ON RUNWAY LEADING TO DIRECTION OF AIRPLANE (LATER REVISITED AND NOTED RUBBER TRANSITION TO WHAT LOOKED LIKE METAL SCRAPING). CALLED FSDO, INSURANCE, AND EQUIPMENT RENTAL SHOP TO MOVE AIRPLANE. EMS ARRIVED SHARED NO INJURIES, THEY SUGGESTED SHUTTING DOWN FUEL SELECTOR AND I DID SO. MOVED AIRPLANE USING TELESCOPING FORKLIFT, TOW STRAPS, AND A TRAILER TO THE NON-MOVEMENT AREA TO RE-OPEN RUNWAY." ADDITIONALLY, THE PILOT MENTIONED, "THERE IS ONLY A SINGLE LIGHT ON THIS AIRCRAFT TO INDICATE GEAR STATUS (WIRED IN SERIES THROUGH 3 MICROSWITCHES) AND IT INDICATED GREEN."

THE PILOT PROVIDED PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE SCENE. TOTAL OF NINE PHOTOGRAPHS WERE TAKEN SHOWING THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE AIRCRAFT'S BELLY ON THE GROUND, NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLASPED, BOTH MAIN LANDING GEARS IN RETRACT POSITION, BENT PROPELLER, AND WITH NO DAMAGE TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT WINGS.

THE ACTUAL CAUSE OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR TO COLLASPED IS UNKNOWN. THE FAA CONSIDERS THIS MATTER CLOSED.

THIS REPORT MAY BE AMENDED IF ADDITIONAL FACTS REGARDING THIS EVENT ARE DISCOVERED.

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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