# Incident 19901218064579I: Piper PA34200T, Grand Canyon, AZ, December 18, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 1990, 19:20 local time
- Place: Grand Canyon, AZ
- Airport: Grand Canyon National Park
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9524° N, 112.1470° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Grand Canyon National Park Airport (GCN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9524&lon=-112.1470&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8100C (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 150 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901218064579I

## Narrative

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

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

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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