# Incident 19880902059499I: Piper PA34200T, Birmingham, AL, September 2, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 1988, 18:37 local time
- Place: Birmingham, AL
- Airport: Birmingham Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ETWA
- Location: 33.5207° N, 86.8025° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Birmingham, AL, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5207&lon=-86.8025&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6935C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6935C-2011-09-27) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total, 60 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880902059499I

## Narrative

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

MADE GO AROUND WHEN LEFT WING SETTLED.UNSAFE GEAR LIGHT.FLEW TO BIRMINGHAM.PART OF LEFT GEAR SEPARATED ON TOUCHDOWN

## Other reports on N6935C (2)

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

- [Accident 19980813029779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980813029779A), Aug 13, 1998: Piper PA34200T (N6935C), Blanding, UT, Substantial damage. (.4) The pilot told his employer that the nose landing gear would not extend, and he diverted to another airport where he landed with the nose gear retracted.…
- [Incident 19830526067799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830526067799I), May 26, 1983: Piper PA34200T (N6935C), Muscle Shoals, AL, Minor damage. Right main gear housing broke after a normal 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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