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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA34200T · Grand Canyon, AZ · December 18, 1990

Date
December 18, 1990 · 19:20 local
Place
Grand Canyon, AZ
Airport
Grand Canyon National Park
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8100C
Reported as
Piper PA34200T
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,500 total150 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Nose gear collapsed while taxiing to ramp. Down lock link was broken. Was returning due to top door latch unsecured

As the FAA filed it

NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED WHILE TAXIING TO RAMP. DOWN LOCK LINK WAS BROKEN. WAS RETURNING DUE TO TOP DOOR LATCH UNSECURED