# Incident 19990715034419I: Piper PA31325, Battle Creek, MI, July 15, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 1999, 22:30 local time
- Place: Battle Creek, MI
- Airport: W K Kellogg Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BCFA
- Location: 42.3212° N, 85.1797° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Battle Creek, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3212&lon=-85.1797&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3591P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3591P-2018-10-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-325 (registry code 7103105, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-325) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31325
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,601 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 101 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990715034419I

## Narrative

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

(-23) SEE ATTACHED FAXED STATMENT FROM PILOT DATED 7/21/99. AMENDED 09/13/99 TO UPDATE BLOCK 22.  THE FOLLOWING IS FROM DAVID D. FAUST:  DAMAGE TO N3591P PA 31-325) DATE:  JULY 15, 1999, PLACE:  NORTH RAMP AREA BUTLER COUNTY/K.W. SCHOLTER FIELD (BTP)  PERSONNEL:  PILOT, CO-PILOT, ONE PASSENGER.  INJURIES:  NONE.  TEXT:  AT APPROXIMATELY 10:30 PM EDT THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIED ONTO THE NORTH PARALLEL TAXIWAY FOR PARKING AND PASSENGER DISCHARGE AT THE BUTLER AVIATION FACILITY.  THE TRIP HAD BEEN SCHEDULED THROUGH BUTLER AVIATION.  AFTER LEAVING THE TAXIWAY'S YELLOW CENTER-LINE TO LINE-UP WITH THE WANDS BEING HELD BY THE RAMP ATTENDANT I UNKNOWNINGLY LEFT THE MACADAM SURFACE.  UPON CONTINUING THE TAXI TO LINE-UP WITH THE RAMP ATTENDANT THE AIRCRAFT'S NOSE WHEEL CONTACTED AN APPROXIMATELY 3.7 LIP ON THE CEMENT HANGAR RAMP AREA.  THE HANGAR'S RAMP FLOODLIGHTS WERE NOT OPERATING.  THE AIRCRAFT'S NOSEWHEEL SHEARED OFF AT THE MAIN STRUT HOUSING, DROPPING THE AIRCRAFT ONTO THE HOUSING AND ALLOWING THE PROPELLORS TO CONTACT THE GROUND AND CEMENT RAMP SURFACE.  THE CO-PILOT IMMEDIATELY EVAUATED THE PASSENGER AND REMOVED HIM FROM THE AIRCRAFT'S VICINITY, FEARING A POSSIBLE FIRE.  I TURNED OFF AL L SWTICHES AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT. I NOTIFIED COMPANY MANAGEMENT BY TELEPHONE.

## Other reports on N3591P (4)

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

- [Accident 20160616006819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160616006819A), Jun 16, 2016: Piper PA-31-325 (N3591P), State College, PA, Destroyed, 2 fatal. The aircraft was destroyed during Collision with terrain while on approach to University Park Airport (unv), State College, Pennsylvania. The airplane departed…
- [Accident 20120909026619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120909026619A), Sep 9, 2012: Piper PA-31-325 (N3591P), Washington, PA, Substantial damage. N3591P encountered a flock of four geese immediately after rotation. Pilot descended the aircraft while attempting to avoid the geese and contacted the runway…
- [Incident 20101120053269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101120053269I), Nov 20, 2010: Piper PA-31-325 (N3591P), Philadelphia, PA, Minor damage. Aicraft arrived kphl in VMC conditions, intercepted ILS rwy 26, was cleared to land. After landing pilot notified tower "we did a gear up". Initial contact…
- [Incident 19901210064689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901210064689I), Dec 10, 1990: Piper PA31325 (N3591P), Hollsboro, OH. Aircraft developed radio problems. Inadvertently flew through restricted area and was intercepted by military T39

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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