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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32R-301 · Springfield, OH · July 20, 2026

Date
July 20, 2026 · 19:35 local
Place
Springfield, OH
Airport
Springfield-Beckley Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3569X
Reported as
Piper PA-32R-301
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-540 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
4,557 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.

The pilot reported while landing at Springfield-Beckley airport (sgh), the gear was selected down and the gear indicated down and locked with 3 green indicators. Upon touchdown the main gear remained locked and the nose gear folded back into the retracted position. The aircraft veered to the left and exited the left side of the runway into the grass.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT REPORTED WHILE LANDING AT SPRINGFIELD-BECKLEY AIRPORT (SGH), THE GEAR WAS SELECTED DOWN AND THE GEAR INDICATED DOWN AND LOCKED WITH 3 GREEN INDICATORS. UPON TOUCHDOWN THE MAIN GEAR REMAINED LOCKED AND THE NOSE GEAR FOLDED BACK INTO THE RETRACTED POSITION. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT AND EXITED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS.

Other reports on N3569X · 4

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