# Incident 19940113001689I: Piper PA32R300, Jackson, TN, January 13, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 13, 1994, 17:28 local time
- Place: Jackson, TN
- Airport: Mckellar-Sipes Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: FIVA
- Location: 35.5999° N, 88.9156° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at McKellar-Sipes Regional Airport (MKL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5999&lon=-88.9156&mi=10
- Aircraft: N38709, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N38709-2003-07-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,402 total, 53 in this make and model, 89 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940113001689I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: JAN 13, 1994, AT 1728 LOCAL CDT PA-32-300R PIPER LANCE N38079 WAS TAXIING OUT ON THE NEW RAMP AT MKL (JACKSON, TN) FOLLOWING COMP. TRAFFIC WHEN IT RAN OFF THE RAMP. HAVING SUNK SIX INCHES BELOW THE ASPHALT RAMP, THE NOSE GEAR DOWN LOCK BROKE WHEN THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO COME BACK ON THE RAMP. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE PROP STRUCK THE PAVEMENT. THE AIRCRAFT HAD TO BE LIFTED AND TOWED BACK TO THE RAMP PARKING. THE GEAR CAME BACK TO NORMAL AND THE OWNER OPERATOR TN AIR IS IN THE PROCESS OF REPLACING THE ENGINE AND PROP TO GET THE AIRCRAFT BACK IN SERVICE. THE AIRCRAFT IS OWNED AND OPERATED IN AN AIR TAXI SERVICE BY TN AIR CORP. IN NASHVILLE, TN. THE FAA PRINCIPAL OPERATIONS INSPECTOR IN THE CERTIFICATE HOLDING OFFICE AT NASHVILLE WAS ADVISED OF THIS INCIDENT. THE PILOT, BYRON L. FARMER, ADVISED THAT THE EDGE OF THE RAMP HAD NO MARKING AND WAS NOT DISTINGUISHABLE AT NIGHT.

## Other reports on N38709 (1)

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

- [Accident 20020613012209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020613012209A), Jun 13, 2002: Piper PA32R300 (N38709), Beaumont, KS, No damage. (-23) The pilot attempted a downhill south takeoff on the 2200 feet north/south private runway of the Beaumont Hotel, Beaumont, KS. Runway conditions at the…

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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