# Incident 19850908056629I: Piper PA34200T, Marion, IL, September 8, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 1985, 23:00 local time
- Place: Marion, IL
- Airport: Williamson Co
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7342° N, 88.9443° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Marion, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7342&lon=-88.9443&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3043M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3043M-2016-04-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total, 1,250 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850908056629I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR COULD NOT BE EXTENDED FOR LANDING. BOLT ATTACHING ROD END BEARING INSTALLED BACKWARDS.

## Other reports on N3043M (1)

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

- [Incident 19970528017949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970528017949I), May 28, 1997: Piper PA34200T (N3043M), Castroville, TX, Minor damage. Narrative: landed gear up. No narrative:

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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