# Incident 19860420021289I: Piper PA34200, Flint, MI, April 20, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 20, 1986, 09:50 local time
- Place: Flint, MI
- Airport: Bishop
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.9655° N, 83.7447° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BISHOP INTL (FNT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9655&lon=-83.7447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4532T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4532T-2012-08-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,200 total, 480 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860420021289I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING. FOUND SHEARED BOLT IN DOWN LOCK OVER CENTER MECHANISM.

## Other reports on N4532T (2)

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

- [Incident 19900924056879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900924056879I), Sep 24, 1990: Piper PA34200 (N4532T), St Paul, MN, Minor damage. Nose wheel collapsed on landing rollout. Aircraft slid on the nose and came to rest on runway.
- [Incident 19780803049709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780803049709I), Aug 3, 1978: Piper PA34200 (N4532T), Troy, MI, Minor damage. Nose gear failed after contact with runway. Examination revealed previous overload. Cylinder part number 452357.

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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