# Incident 19860525031389I: Piper PA34200T, Grand Ledge, MI, May 25, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 25, 1986, 22:30 local time
- Place: Grand Ledge, MI
- Airport: Abrams Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7749° N, 84.7331° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ABRAMS MUNI (4D0), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7749&lon=-84.7331&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8195U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8195U-2024-04-01) (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
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,600 total, 2,400 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/19860525031389I

## Narrative

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

HARD NIGHT LANDING RESULTED IN PARTIALLY COLLAPSED NOSE GEAR AND PROPELLER TIPS.

## Other reports on N8195U (2)

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

- [Incident 19990504004589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990504004589I), May 4, 1999: Piper PA34200T (N8195U), Grand Ledge, MI, Minor damage. Acft nose gear collapsed on landing. (-23) during roll out from a landing, pilot applied brakes at slow speed in preparation fro a back taxi on rwy 09. Pilot…
- [Incident 19890714043209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890714043209I), Jul 14, 1989: Piper PA34200T (N8195U), Troy, MI, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed on landing. Nose gear was stressed in forward direction. Damage is consistent with hard landing

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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