# Incident 19940713033499I: Piper PA23250, Cape Girardeau, MO, July 13, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 1994, 23:00 local time
- Place: Cape Girardeau, MO
- Airport: Cape Girardeau Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2253° N, 89.5708° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CAPE GIRARDEAU RGNL (CGI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2253&lon=-89.5708&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5684Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5684Y-1994-09-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,428 total, 108 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940713033499I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: N5684Y, A PIPER, PA23-250 PILOTED BY COMMERCIAL PILOT, MR. KENNETH JAY GRAFTON WAS TAXIING BACK TO TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 10. THE PILOT SAID THE RUDDER DID NOT FEEL RIGHT, SO HE INTENDED TO MAKE A 180 DEGREE TURN ON THE TAXIWAY AND GO INTO THE RAMP. DURING THE TURN THE NOSE LANDING GEAR MOVED FORWARD ALLOWING THE PROPELLERS TO CONTACT THE TAXIWAY. THE CAUSE WAS THE NOSE LANDING GEAR UPPER DRAG LINK BOLT AND ONE SIDE OF THE BOLT ATTACHING BRACKET BROKE AND DISCONNECTED THE DRAG LINK ALLOWING THE NOSE LANDING GEAR TO PIVOT FORWARD. INCIDENT CLOSED.

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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