# Incident 19800710060399I: Piper PA23160, Charlevoix, MI, July 10, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 1980, 21:15 local time
- Place: Charlevoix, MI
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 45.3139° N, 85.2556° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Charlevoix, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.3139&lon=-85.2556&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4099P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4099P-2013-08-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-160 (registry code 7102304, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23160
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,948 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800710060399I

## Narrative

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

PILOT HEARD A LOUD BANG AT GEAR RETRACTION. NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND FOR LANDING. ACTUATOR ROD END HAD BROKEN.

## Other reports on N4099P (1)

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

- [Accident 19810920064299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810920064299A), Sep 20, 1981: Piper PA23160 (N4099P), Yakutat, AK, Destroyed. Engines quit shortly after takeoff. Aircraft crashed one-half mile from departure end of 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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