# Incident 19990413003539I: Piper PA34200T, Fargo, ND, April 13, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 13, 1999, 14:15 local time
- Place: Fargo, ND
- Airport: Hector International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.9206° N, 96.8157° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HECTOR INTL (FAR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.9206&lon=-96.8157&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9798C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9798C) (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 TSIO360*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,836 total, 36 in this make and model, 117 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990413003539I

## Narrative

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

ACFT NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING. (FROM FORM 23) ON APRIL 13, 1999, AT 1415 HOURS, CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME A PIPER PA34-200T, N9798C, OWNED BY CLIF S. HAMILTON JR., PILOTED BY HARLAN FRANCIS HOFF, HOLDER OF AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT CERTIFICATE NUMBER 001814013, SUFFERED A NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE INCIDENT DURING A PART 91 BUSINESS FLIGHT. WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE NOT A FACTOR AND IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AND HAD NO PERSONNEL INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT JAMESTOWN, NORTH DAKOTA ON APRIL 13, 1999 AT 1330 HOURS CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME.

## Other reports on N9798C (1)

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

- [Incident 20001021031789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001021031789I), Oct 21, 2000: Piper PA34200T (N9798C), Fargo, ND, Minor damage. (-23) On October 21, 2000, at 1530 CDT, a Piper pa 34-2000T, N9897C, operated by an airline transport pilot, had the nose gear collapse during the 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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