# Incident 19851107059059I: Piper PA34200T, Seattle, WA, November 7, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 7, 1985, 19:15 local time
- Place: Seattle, WA
- Airport: Tacoma International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: APCA
- Location: 47.2832° N, 122.4736° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TACOMA (56WA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.2832&lon=-122.4736&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4377X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4377X-2006-08-07) (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 TSIO360EB
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 400 in this make and model, 140 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851107059059I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED WHEN PILOT ATTEMPTED A TIGHT TURN USING HIGH ENGINE POWER AND DIFFERENTIAL BRAKING.

## Other reports on N4377X (1)

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

- [Incident 19961119041029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961119041029I), Nov 19, 1996: Piper PA34200T (N4377X), Seattle, WA, Minor damage. Narrative: after several inches of snow had accumulated, a non-revenue part 135 cargo operation departed Boeing field in Seattle, Washington, at about 1545…

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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