# Incident 19990504004589I: Piper PA34200T, Grand Ledge, MI, May 4, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 1999, 16:50 local time
- Place: Grand Ledge, MI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7529° N, 84.7449° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grand Ledge, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7529&lon=-84.7449&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8195U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8195U-2024-04-01) (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 TSIO360E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,660 total, 5,400 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990504004589I

## Narrative

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

ACFT NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING. (-23) DURING ROLL OUT FROM A LANDING, PILOT APPLIED BRAKES AT SLOW SPEED IN PREPARATION FRO A BACK TAXI ON RWY 09. PILOT TURNED TOWARD RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY TO BEGIN 180 DEGREE TURN WHEN NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. DAMAGE TO BOTH PROPS AND NOSE SECTION. NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N8195U (2)

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

- [Incident 19890714043209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890714043209I), Jul 14, 1989: Piper PA34200T (N8195U), Troy, MI, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed on landing. Nose gear was stressed in forward direction. Damage is consistent with hard landing
- [Incident 19860525031389I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860525031389I), May 25, 1986: Piper PA34200T (N8195U), Grand Ledge, MI, Minor damage. Hard night landing resulted in partially collapsed nose gear and propeller tips.

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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