# Incident 19991214045329I: Piper PA34200T, Tacoma, WA, December 14, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 14, 1999, 19:30 local time
- Place: Tacoma, WA
- Airport: Tacoma Naarrows Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: TVDA
- Location: 47.2529° N, 122.4443° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tacoma, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.2529&lon=-122.4443&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8280P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8280P-2018-03-30) (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 TSIO360EB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,380 total, 50 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991214045329I

## Narrative

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

(-23)AFTER TAKEOFF FROM TACOMAN NARROWS AIRPORT, THE LEFT ENGINE QUIT. PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO TIW.  UPON LANDING THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED.  BOTH PROPS STRUCK GROUND.  PILOT (ONLY SOB) WAS NOT INJURED.  AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N8280P (1)

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

- [Incident 19900929052929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900929052929I), Sep 29, 1990: Piper PA34200T (N8280P), Ephrata, WA, Minor damage. After landing, right main gear folded due to the failure of landing gear trunion.

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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