# Incident 19851018056609I: Piper PA34200T, Muscle Shoals, AL, October 18, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 18, 1985, 17:00 local time
- Place: Muscle Shoals, AL
- Airport: Muscle Shoals
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7427° N, 87.6338° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Muscle Shoals, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7427&lon=-87.6338&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5423F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5423F) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,800 total, 100 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851018056609I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Incident 20200904016349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200904016349I), Sep 4, 2020: Piper PA-34-200T (N5423F), Atlanta, GA, Minor damage. On September 04, 2020, approximately 10:15AM Piper aircraft N5423F landed at Peachtree Dekalb airport in Atlanta, Georgia. Upon touchdown the right gear…
- [Incident 20010524012589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010524012589I), May 24, 2001: Piper PA34200T (N5423F), Augusta, GA, Minor damage. (-23)After landing nose gear collapsed, damage to l & r propellers and nose cone.
- [Accident 19990320015329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990320015329A), Mar 20, 1999: Piper PA34200T (N5423F), St Petersburg-C, FL, Substantial damage. (.19)On March 20, 1999, at 1500 eastern standrad time, a Piper PA-34-200T, N5423F, collided with the ground during a landing at the st. Petersburg/Clearwater…
- [Incident 19790730013629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790730013629I), Jul 30, 1979: Piper PA34200 (N5423F), Charlotte, NC, Minor damage. Pilot unable to extend nose gear before landing, found damaged steering stops.

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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