# Incident 19860114003199I: Piper PA31T1, Bay City, MI, January 14, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 14, 1986, 07:55 local time
- Place: Bay City, MI
- Airport: James Clements Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 43.5469° N, 83.8955° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JAMES CLEMENTS MUNI (3CM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5469&lon=-83.8955&mi=10
- Aircraft: N23235 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31T1
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 95 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860114003199I

## Narrative

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

LANDED ON UNPLOWED AREA FORMERLY A RUNWAY, TAXIED INTO CUT SOIL AREA. DAMAGE TO PROPELLER, LANDING GEAR SEALS.

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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