# Incident 19991111036209I: Piper PA34200T, Traverse City, MI, November 11, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 11, 1999, 16:50 local time
- Place: Traverse City, MI
- Airport: Cherry Capital
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.7416° N, 85.5819° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHERRY CAPITAL (TVC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7416&lon=-85.5819&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2239D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2239D) (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
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991111036209I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 11, 1999, AT 1750 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A PIPER PA-34-200T, N2239D, OWNED BY A CLUB AND PILOTED BY A COMMERCIAL PILOT, RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE DURING A NOSE UP LANDING ON RUNWAY 18 (5107 FEET BY 150 FEET, DRY/PAVED) AT THE CHERRY CAPITAL AIRPORT, TRAVERSE CITY, MICHIGAN.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS OPERATING UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91 AND WAS NOT ON A FLIGHT PLAN.  THE PILOT REPORTED NO INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT WAS TRAVERSE CITY, MI TO ESCANABA, MI WHEN THE NOSE GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND THE PILOT RETURNED TO TRAVERSE CITY, MI TO LAND.

## Other reports on N2239D (1)

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

- [Incident 19851218073639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851218073639I), Dec 18, 1985: Piper PA34200T (N2239D), Charlotte, NC, Minor damage. Left main gear collapsed on landing. Found trunion to strut housing web had cracked.

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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