# Incident 20160801009229I: Piper PA-34-200T, Seattle, WA, August 1, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 2016, 14:40 local time
- Place: Seattle, WA
- Airport: Boeing Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: APCA
- Location: 47.6062° N, 122.3321° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Seattle, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6062&lon=-122.3321&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36319, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N36319-2019-05-07) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160801009229I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS ON A LOCAL MAINTENANCE CHECK OUT FLIGHT WITH A COMPANY MECHANIC ON BOARD. THE PILOT WHO WAS THE PIC ASKED THE MECHANIC IF HE WOULD LIKE TO FLY THE AIRCRAFT IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN WHICH HE ACCEPTED. ON FINAL APPROACH TO RWY 13L THE MECHANIC FLARED APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY WHILE REDUCING THE POWER TO IDLE AND THE AIRSPEED DECAYED RAPIDLY. THE PIC ATTEMPTED TO RECOVER THE AIRCRAFT BY LOWERING THE NOSE BUT IT LANDED FLAT ON THE RUNWAY. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO SLIDE ON ITS NOSE DAMAGING THE NOSE, NOSE GEAR DOORS AND BENDING BOTH PROPELLERS.

## Other reports on N36319 (1)

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

- [Incident 20111111025849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111111025849I), Nov 11, 2011: Piper PA-34-200T (N36319), Spokane, WA, No damage. Airpac 55 departed Spokane International, and while in the climb experienced a total electrical failure. Airpac 55 delcared an emergency, returned to kgeg and…

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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