# Incident 20100619045069I: Piper PA-34-200T, Traverse City, MI, June 19, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 19, 2010, 14:05 local time
- Place: Traverse City, MI
- Airport: Cherry Capital
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.7416° N, 85.5819° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHERRY CAPITAL (TVC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7416&lon=-85.5819&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44CS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N44CS-2013-09-06) (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 PA-34-200T
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-360 SER
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,599 total, 1,835 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100619045069I

## Narrative

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

6/19/2010 ARRIVING AT TRAVERSE CITY(TVC), PILOT REPORTED NO NOSE LANDING GEAR DOWN LOCKED INDICATION. THIS WAS VERIFIED BY TVC TOWER ON A FLY BY. PILOT ELECTED TO EXIT THE TRAFFIC AREA TO WORK THE PROBLEM. RETURNED SHORTLY AFTER FOR ANOTHER FLY BY VERIFICATION FROM TOWER. PILOT LANDED ON RWY 28 AT 1805Z. EMERGENCY CREW NOTIFIED AND IN PLACE. PILOT LANDED WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO NOSE CONE LOWER SIDE. NO INJURIES SUSTAINED.

## Other reports on N44CS (1)

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

- [Incident 20050831021759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050831021759I), Aug 31, 2005: Piper PA34200T (N44CS), Traverse City, MI, Minor damage. (-23) This FAR part 91, incident occurred at 1650 EDT on August 31, 2005. The pilot and passenger took off from Traverse City, Cherry Capital Airport (tvc) to…

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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