# Incident 20001021031789I: Piper PA34200T, Fargo, ND, October 21, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 21, 2000, 15:30 local time
- Place: Fargo, ND
- Airport: Hector International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.9206° N, 96.8157° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HECTOR INTL (FAR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.9206&lon=-96.8157&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9798C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9798C) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,200 total, 270 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001021031789I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 21, 2000, AT 1530 CDT, A PIPER PA 34-2000T, N9897C, OPERATED BY AN AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT, HAD THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE DURING THE LANDING PHASE OF THE A/C. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THE A/C WAS OPERATING UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER REPORTED NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT FARGO, ND, AND REMAINED LOCALLY FOR TRAINING PURPOSES.

## Other reports on N9798C (1)

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

- [Incident 19990413003539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990413003539I), Apr 13, 1999: Piper PA34200T (N9798C), Fargo, ND, Minor damage. Acft nose gear collapsed on landing. (From form 23) on April 13, 1999, at 1415 hours, central daylight time a Piper PA34-200T, N9798C, owned by clif s.…

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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