# Incident 20011209035769I: Piper PA34220T, Minneapolis, MN, December 9, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 9, 2001, 15:35 local time
- Place: Minneapolis, MN
- Airport: Flying Cloud Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8275° N, 93.4586° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FLYING CLOUD (FCM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8275&lon=-93.4586&mi=10
- Aircraft: N61LM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N61LM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-220T (registry code 7103420, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-220t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34220T
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360KB
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,228 total, 258 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011209035769I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 9, 2001, AT 2135Z (1535 CST), A PIPER PA-34-220T OWNED BY MAGNIFICENT SEVEN LLC AND OPERATED BY RONALD ERICKSON, EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT MINNEAPOLIS FLYING CLOUD AIRPORT (FCM) AFTER THE NOSE LANDING GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND. VFR FLIGHT CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PILOT AND 1 PASSENGER WERE UNINJURED. THE PIC HOLDS A COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE (ASEL/AMEL) WITH INSTRUMENT RATING. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT MINNEAPOLIS FLYING CLOUD AIRPORT (FCM) ON DECEMBER 09, 2001 AT 1230 CST.

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