# Incident 19880311014379I: Piper PA34200, Malden, MO, March 11, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 11, 1988, 09:30 local time
- Place: Malden, MO
- Airport: Malden Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.5982° N, 89.9925° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MALDEN RGNL (MAW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.5982&lon=-89.9925&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56248 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 380 total, 17 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880311014379I

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO LOWER NOSE GEAR. LANDED ON MAINS ONLY. CAUSE OF STUCK NOSE GEAR NOT KNOWN.GEAR OPERATED NORMAL AFTERWARDS

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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