# Accident 20250927019709A: Piper Aircraft Corporation PA-60-601P, Del Norte, CO, September 27, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 2025, 17:40 local time
- Place: Del Norte, CO
- Airport: Rominger Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7114° N, 106.3527° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7114&lon=-106.3527&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3635A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3635A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-60-601P (registry code 7106016, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-60-601p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER AIRCRAFT CORPORATION PA-60-601P
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 4,200 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN25LA398](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA398) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250927019709A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 27, 2025, A PIPER PA60 AIRCRAFT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON ROLLOUT FROM LANDING ON RUNWAY 24 AT KRCV DUE TO AN UNDETECTED TIRE FAILURE THAT LIKELY OCCURRED ON DEPARTURE OR SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE FROM NEBRASKA. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DUE TO CONTACTING A SIGN, RESULTING IN PUNTURES IN THE FOREWARD AND UNDERWING FUSELAGE. NO INJURIES RESULTED FROM THE EVENT. VISUAL METEROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PERSISTED AT THE TIME OF THE EVENT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN25LA398](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA398), Sep 27, 2025: Piper PA-60-601P (N3635A), Del Norte, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of directional control during landing roll due to a flat tire.

## Other reports on N3635A (2)

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

- [Incident 20051231031029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051231031029I), Dec 31, 2005: Piper PA60601P (N3635A), Portsmouth, NH, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot in command departed his home base beverly, ma (bvy), with a destination of Pease international tradeport (psm), in Portsmouth, NH, purpose of the…
- [Incident 19931015045069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931015045069I), Oct 15, 1993: Piper PA60601P (N3635A), Southern Pines, NC, Minor damage. Pilot stated he forgot to lower landing gear. Landed gear u.

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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