# Incident 19960506013509I: Socata TB21, Grand Rapids, MI, May 6, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 1996, 16:53 local time
- Place: Grand Rapids, MI
- Airport: Kent County International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.9634° N, 85.6681° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grand Rapids, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9634&lon=-85.6681&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2804W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2804W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Socata TB21TC (registry code 8680699, https://openairdocs.org/model/socata-tb21tc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TIO-540 series (registry code 41569, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-tio-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SOCATA TB21
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 701 total, 28 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960506013509I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON MAY 6, 1996, AT 1653 EST, A SOCATA TB-21-TC, N2804W, REGISTERED TO AND PILOTED BY JOHN P. PANARITERS, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, A PRIVATE PILOT, REPORTED THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING AT GRAND RAPIDS, KENT COUNTY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER REPORTED NO INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THE 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT WAS NOT OPERATING ON A FLIGHT PLAN. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED GRAND RAPIDS, MI FOR LOCAL FLIGHT, EXACT TIME UNKNOWN. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR FAILED ON LANDING THE PILOT SAID THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS NOTED BEFORE THE FAILURE. THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM IS BEING INSPECTED AND A M OR D WILL BE SUBMITTED.

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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