# Incident 20160424000849I: Piper PA-34-200T, Little Rock, AR, April 24, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 2016, 11:08 local time
- Place: Little Rock, AR
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7465° N, 92.2896° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Little Rock, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7465&lon=-92.2896&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1989H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1989H) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 8,400 total, 5,600 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160424000849I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 24, 2016 AT APPROXIMATELY 11:08 CDT, N1989H A PIPER PA-34-200T (SENECA II) AIRCRAFT, REGISTERED TO AN INDIVIDUAL AND OPERATED BY AN AIRPLANE MULTI ENGINE LAND/INSTRUMENT RATED PILOT. THE NOSE BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT DOOR OPENED JUST AFTER TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 18, AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND AN UNEVENTFUL EMERGENCY LANDING WAS MADE ON RUNWAY 4R.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.

## Other reports on N1989H (2)

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

- [Incident 19960716022969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960716022969I), Jul 16, 1996: Piper PA34200T (N1989H), Red Cloud, NE. Narrative: minneapolis ARTCC lost radar and radio contact with N1989H at 1525Z. Subsequently, columbus, NE afss reported the aircraft landed at Red Cloud, NE…
- [Incident 19931207049409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931207049409I), Dec 7, 1993: Piper PA34200T (N1989H), Little Rock, AR, Minor damage. Unsafe gear indication on approach. Returned to departure point. Gear collapsd on landing. Brag link bolt sheared.

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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