20241221021189I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-24-250 · Tooele, UT · December 21, 2024

Date
December 21, 2024 · 14:00 local
Place
Tooele, UT
Airport
Tooele Valley Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7710P
Reported as
Piper PA-24-250
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-540 series
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
8,000 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On 12/21/2024 at 2100Z/1400 local hours, a pilot flying a Piper PA-24 comanche was making a landing to the bolinder field/Tooele Valley Airport (tvy) RWY35. The pilot had three passengers onboard and was flying a part 91 personal flight. The pilot was the only rated pilot onboard at the time of the occurrence. The pilot stated that right after touchdown, the aircraft's main landing gear collapsed while performing a rollout on RWY35. The aircraft immediately fell with the aircraft fuselage striking the runway and skidding. The pilot initiated an emergency evacuation of all passengers and called 911 for emergency services.

As the FAA filed it

ON 12/21/2024 AT 2100Z/1400 LOCAL HOURS, A PILOT FLYING A PIPER PA-24 COMANCHE WAS MAKING A LANDING TO THE BOLINDER FIELD/TOOELE VALLEY AIRPORT (TVY) RWY35. THE PILOT HAD THREE PASSENGERS ONBOARD AND WAS FLYING A PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. THE PILOT WAS THE ONLY RATED PILOT ONBOARD AT THE TIME OF THE OCCURRENCE. THE PILOT STATED THAT RIGHT AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRCRAFT'S MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED WHILE PERFORMING A ROLLOUT ON RWY35. THE AIRCRAFT IMMEDIATELY FELL WITH THE AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE STRIKING THE RUNWAY AND SKIDDING. THE PILOT INITIATED AN EMERGENCY EVACUATION OF ALL PASSENGERS AND CALLED 911 FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES.