# Incident 20241018016489I: Piper PA-32R-301T, West Palm Beach, FL, October 18, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 18, 2024, 16:22 local time
- Place: West Palm Beach, FL
- Airport: North Palm Beach County Genera
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.8459° N, 80.2223° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORTH PALM BEACH COUNTY GENERAL AVIATION (F45), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.8459&lon=-80.2223&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4174Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4174Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301T (registry code 7103220, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32R-301T
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,833 total, 1,231 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241018016489I

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 18, 2024, AT APPROXIMATELY 1622 LOCAL TIME, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^LANDED @F45 NORTH PALM BEACH GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORT, WHILE LANDING, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, AND AIRCRAFT SKIDDED DOWN RUNWAY CAUSING SUDDEN STOPPAGE OF THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE AND PROPELLER AND DAMAGE TO UNDERSIDE OF AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WAS CLASSIFIED AS MINOR.

INTERVIEW OF THE PILOT REVEALED HE WAS DISTRACTED, AND HE DID NOT VERIFY THE LANDING GEAR INDICATION OF THE NOSE GEAR.  A VIDEO OF THE AIRCRAFT DURING LANDING REVEALED THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS NOT FULLY EXTENDED.

ON NOVEMBER 4, 2024, A GEAR SWING WAS CONDUCTED ON THE AIRCRAFT AND REVEALED A FAULTY COMPONENT IDENTFIED AS P/N 108BIC19SPAL1VT HYDRAULIC POWER UNIT. THE GEAR INDICATION WAS OPERATIONAL WITH THREE GREEN LIGHTS INDICATING DOWN AND LOCKED POSISTION. THE GEAR WOULD NOT CYCLE DUE TO A FAULTY COMPONONET.

NOTE: DURING THE RECOVERING OF THE AIRCRAFT AT THE RUNWAY, THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED, AND THE RIGHT WIND CONTACTED THE RUNWAY CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE WING AND AILERON.  A DISTORTION/CREASE IS VISIBLE ON THE TOP SURFACE OF THE SKIN ON THE RH WING.

## Other reports on N4174Z (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20060603014729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060603014729A), Jun 3, 2006: Piper PA32R301T (N4174Z), Gualala, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot [privacy data omitted] stated a hump in the runway restricted his visibility, when he realized he should go around there was not enough runway…

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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