# Incident 20050720021489I: Piper PA34200T, Muskegon, MI, July 20, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 2005, 08:52 local time
- Place: Muskegon, MI
- Airport: Muskegon County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: ECJS
- Location: 43.1677° N, 86.2354° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MUSKEGON COUNTY (MKG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1677&lon=-86.2354&mi=10
- Aircraft: N177RS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N177RS-2014-07-29) (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: 2,750 total, 100 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050720021489I

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT WAS PERFORMING SHORT FIELD LANDING ON RUNWAY 24 AT MUSKEGON AIRPORT. ON DOWNWIND, LOWERED GEAR AND SHOWED 3 GREEN LIGHTS, NO RED LIGHTS AND ONE IN THE MIRROR ON THE NACELLE. ON SHORT FINAL, CONFIRMED 3 GREEN LIGHTS AGAIN. UPON THE FLARE, THE SINK RATE WAS A LITTLE HIGH RESULTING IN BOTH PILOTS PULLING BACK ON THE YOKE. ACCORDING TO THE INSTRUCTOR, THE LANDING WAS FIRM, BUT NOT HARD. UPON ROLLOUT, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND AIRCRAFT SLID 500-800 FEET. AN AIRCRAFT SHUTDOWN WAS ACCOMPLISHED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS EXITED.

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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