# Incident 19850411017799I: Piper PA46310P, Grand Canyon, AZ, April 11, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 11, 1985, 11:04 local time
- Place: Grand Canyon, AZ
- Airport: Grand Canyon
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0544° N, 112.1393° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grand Canyon, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0544&lon=-112.1393&mi=10
- Aircraft: N22EK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N22EK-1991-03-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-46-310P (registry code 7104605, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-310p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA46310P
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520B
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 48 in this make and model, 58 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850411017799I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING DUE TO OVERLOAD ON NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR.

## Other reports on N22EK (1)

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

- [Accident 19900527017389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900527017389A), May 27, 1990: Piper PA46310P (N22EK), Springfield, MO, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Lost radio and radar contact

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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