# Incident 19990504021519I: Piper PA34200, Grand Junction, CO, May 4, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 1999, 11:40 local time
- Place: Grand Junction, CO
- Airport: Walker Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0639° N, 108.5506° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grand Junction, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0639&lon=-108.5506&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4847T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4847T) (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
- Reported engine: CONT IO360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,619 total, 370 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990504021519I

## Narrative

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

PILOT COULD NOT LOWER NOSE GEAR. AIRCRAFT LANDED AND SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO FIBERGLASS SECION OF NOSE, NOSE GEAR DOOR(S), AND PROPS. NO INJURIES TO INSTRUCTOR PILOT OR STUDENT PILOT. INSPECTION BY KEVEN SWANSON, A LOCAL IA/DAR, INDICATED A BOLT IN THE LANDING GEAR MECHANISM MAY HAVE BEEN BINDING AND CAUSED ONE OF THE LANDING GEAR RODS TO NOT OPERATE PROPERLY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AIRCRAFT IS OWNED BY KEMPTON AIR.

## Other reports on N4847T (2)

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

- [Incident 19910909044239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910909044239I), Sep 9, 1991: Piper PA34200 (N4847T), Tulsa, OK. Left engine oil pressure drop on climb. Returned. Gritty silicon in oil strainer. Suspect sabotage. Fbi notified.
- [Incident 19810417028339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810417028339I), Apr 17, 1981: Piper PA34200 (N4847T), Monte Vista, CO, Minor damage. Pilot selected gear down but failed to check position. Landed gear up. Found landing gear circuit breaker popped.

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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