# Accident 19980813029779A: Piper PA34200T, Blanding, UT, August 13, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 1998, 14:15 local time
- Place: Blanding, UT
- Airport: Blanding Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: DYVA
- Location: 37.5503° N, 109.4803° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5503&lon=-109.4803&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6935C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6935C-2011-09-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360EB
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,151 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW98LA369](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA369) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980813029779A

## Narrative

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

(.4) THE PILOT TOLD HIS EMPLOYER THAT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND, AND HE DIVERTED TO ANOTHER AIRPORT WHERE HE LANDED WITH THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTED. INSPECTION DISCLOSED DAMAGE CONSISTENT WITH A HARD LANDING. TWO WITNESSES LATER REPORTED HAVING OBSERVED THE HARD LANDING. A PASSENGER ABOARD THE AIRPLANE LATER CORRBORATED THE REPORT. THE PILOT WAS LATER TERMINATED AND ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT HIM WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. (-23) THE PILOT DEPARTED BLANDING, UTAH ENROUTE TO CHINLE, ARIZONA CONDUCTING AN FAR 135 FLIGHT. A NURSE AND PATIENT WERE ONBOARD. THE AIRCRAFT ARRIVED AT CHINLE AND THE PILOT WAS APPARENTLY WAS IN A HURRY AND DID NOT MAKE A PROPER FLARE PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN AT CHINLE. THIS RESULTED IN THE PILOT FIRMLY PLANTING THE AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY ON THE NOSE GEAR FIRST. AS A RESULT OF THIS THE NOSE GEAR WAS OVERSTRESSED. THE PILOT THEN ELECTED TO RETURN TO HIS HOME BASE OF BLANDING, UTAH. UPON ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT BLANDING, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND AND THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND WITH THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW98LA369](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA369), Aug 13, 1998: Piper PA-34-200T (N6935C), Blanding, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate landing flare, causing components of the nose wheel landing gear to fracture.

## Other reports on N6935C (2)

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

- [Incident 19880902059499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880902059499I), Sep 2, 1988: Piper PA34200T (N6935C), Birmingham, AL, Minor damage. Made go around when left wing settled. Unsafe gear light. Flew to Birmingham. Part of left gear separated on touchdown
- [Incident 19830526067799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830526067799I), May 26, 1983: Piper PA34200T (N6935C), Muscle Shoals, AL, Minor damage. Right main gear housing broke after a normal landing.

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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