# Incident 19980108006249I: Piper PA42, Terre Haute, IN, January 8, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 8, 1998, 20:01 local time
- Place: Terre Haute, IN
- Airport: Hulman Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4667° N, 87.4139° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Terre Haute, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4667&lon=-87.4139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N116JP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N116JP-2022-05-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-42 (registry code 7104202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-42) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: U/A Canada PT6A-41 (registry code 61541, https://openairdocs.org/engine/u-a-canada-pt6a-41) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA42
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A41
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,800 total, 425 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980108006249I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JANUARY 8, 1998, AT 20:01 EST, A PIPER CHEYENNE, N116JP REGISTERED TO MILLS AVIATION LANDED AND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AT HULMAN REGIONAL AIRPORT, TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA WHILE ON A CORPORATE FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DAMAGED WITH NO INJURIES TO THE CERTIFIED ATP, SECOND PILOT, AND TWO PASSENGERS. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT CHICAGO, ILLINOIS ON JANUARY 8, 1998.

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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