# Incident 19910715033809I: Piper PA34220T, Macon, GA, July 15, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 1991, 20:00 local time
- Place: Macon, GA
- Airport: Middle Georgia Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6928° N, 83.6492° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MIDDLE GEORGIA RGNL (MCN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6928&lon=-83.6492&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8350Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8350Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-220T (registry code 7103420, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-220t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34220T
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,900 total, 40 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910715033809I

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO EXTEND NOSE GEAR. LANDED GEAR UP. BOLT ATTACHING SHIMMY DAMPER TO TRUNNION ARM IMPROPERLY INSTALLED.

## Other reports on N8350Z (3)

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

- [Incident 20240831012499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240831012499I), Aug 31, 2024: Piper PA-34-220T (N8350Z), Galliano, LA, Minor damage. The pilot had landed at the airport to refuel. After refueling during taxi to take off at about 5KNTS the nose landing gear collapsed. Investigation discovered…
- [Incident 20210401001289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210401001289I), Apr 1, 2021: Piper PA-34-220T (N8350Z), Slidell, LA, Minor damage. After landing rwy 36 at kasd, the aircraft exited the rwy by making a LH turn at the third cutout, followed by a full stop to perform a post landing checklist.…
- [Accident 19980102002289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980102002289A), Jan 2, 1998: Piper PA34220T (N8350Z), Winterset, IA, Substantial damage. High approach speed landed long. Turned onto wet grass at end of runway and slid into ditch. Unfamiliar with runway (.4)the pilot said that during a…

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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