# Incident 19890215001949I: Piper PA31310, Knoxville, TN, February 15, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 15, 1989, 21:55 local time
- Place: Knoxville, TN
- Airport: Mc Ghee Tyson
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: CRVA
- Location: 35.8111° N, 83.9941° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MC GHEE TYSON (TYS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8111&lon=-83.9941&mi=10
- Aircraft: N93DC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N93DC-2006-06-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-310 (registry code 7103102, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31310
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540A2B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,400 total, 1,250 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890215001949I

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO GET GEAR SAFE INDICATION. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON ROLLOUT. RUPTURED HYDRAULIC HOSE CAUSED FLUID LOSS.

## Other reports on N93DC (2)

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

- [Accident 20030821031309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030821031309A), Aug 21, 2003: Piper PA31310 (N93DC), Clearwater, FL, Destroyed, 2 fatal. (-23) On August 21, 2003, about 1648 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-31, N93DC, registered to Clearwater aircraft, inc., experienced an in-flight loss of…
- [Incident 19990220016359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990220016359I), Feb 20, 1999: Piper PA31 (N93DC), Flint, MI, Minor damage. (-5)ATC report stated: delivery services, inc., air taxi pilot declared an emergency due to an engine fire and requested to land at Flint. No injuries were…

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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