# Incident 19990216038189I: Piper PA34200, Beaufort, SC, February 16, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 16, 1999, 07:45 local time
- Place: Beaufort, SC
- Airport: Beaufort County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: MDTA
- Location: 32.4531° N, 80.7186° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Beaufort, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4531&lon=-80.7186&mi=10
- Aircraft: N200WS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N200WS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,500 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990216038189I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT IN COMMAND OF A PART 135 AIR AMBULANCE FLIGHT TOOK OFF FROM RUNWAY 06 AT THE LADY'S ISLAND AIRPORT (73J), BEAUFORT, SC.  IMMEDIATELY AFTER LIFT OFF THE OPEN NOSE BAGGAGE DOOR ROTATED INTO A VERTICAL POSITION AND BEGAN VIBRATING IN THE AIRSTREAM.  THE PILOT IN COMMAND LANDED ON THE REMAINING RUNWAY, THEN CONTINUED OFF THE RUNWAY END INTO SWAMPY TERRAIN.  THE PILOT IN COMMAND SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE PRIOR TO THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSING AND PROPELLER IMPACT WITH THE GROUND.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

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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