# Incident 20011021035009I: Piper PA28R201, Grand Forks, ND, October 21, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 21, 2001, 17:24 local time
- Place: Grand Forks, ND
- Airport: Grand Forks-Mark Andrews International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.9196° N, 97.0873° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grand Forks, ND, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.9196&lon=-97.0873&mi=10
- Aircraft: N286ND, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N286ND) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201 (registry code 7102816, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R201
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 127 total, 10 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011021035009I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 10/21/2001, PA-28R-201, N286ND, OWNED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA AND PILOTED BY KRISTOFER DRAGER LANDED WITH A RETRACTED NOSE GEAR AT GRAND FORKS, ND. THE PILOT ADVISED THE CONTROL TOWER OF AN UNSAFE INDICATION AND DID A FLY-BY WHICH WAS CONFIRMED BY THE TOWER. A LANDING WAS MADE ON RUNWAY 26 AT KGFK. THERE WAS NO INJURY TO THE PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT. AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WAS MINOR, CONSISTING OF A BENT PROPELLER, NOSE GEAR DOORS, AND LOWER ENGINE COWLING. INSPECTION BY AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTOR KARMEN JOHNSON INDICATED THAT THE ROD END ON THE AFT SIDE OF THE SHIMMEY DAMPER BROKE AND CAUSED IT TO CATCH ON THE ENGINE MOUNT. THE ROD END ATTACH POINT WITH A CASTELLATED NUT WAS SO TIGHT THE ROD END PIECE WOULD NOT MOVE. THERE SHOULD BE SOME ROD END PLAY.ALL UND PA-28R-201 FLEET AIRCRAFT WERE INSPECTED.

## Other reports on N286ND (1)

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

- [Incident 20090320005449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090320005449I), Mar 20, 2009: Piper PA28R201 (N286ND), Stephen, MN, Minor damage. Flight instructor and student pilot were on a cross country practice flight, landing on runway 17 at the Stephen Minnesota municipal airport. The aircraft was…

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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