19851018056609I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-34-200T · Muscle Shoals, AL · October 18, 1985

Date
October 18, 1985 · 17:00 local
Place
Muscle Shoals, AL
Airport
Muscle Shoals
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5423F
Reported as
Piper PA34200T
Reported engine
Continental TSIO360E
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
12,800 total100 in this make and model75 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot heard rattling noise in nose section on rollout and then nose gear collapsed. Cause not reported.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT HEARD RATTLING NOISE IN NOSE SECTION ON ROLLOUT AND THEN NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. CAUSE NOT REPORTED.

Other reports on N5423F · 4

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