# Incident 20180914019099I: Piper PA-31, Fort Myers, FL, September 14, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 2018, 15:31 local time
- Place: Fort Myers, FL
- Airport: Page Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.5866° N, 81.8632° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PAGE FLD (FMY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.5866&lon=-81.8632&mi=10
- Aircraft: N101M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N101M-2023-09-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31 (registry code 7103103, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-31
- Reported engine: LYCOMING VO-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 31,146 total, 872 in this make and model, 102 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180914019099I

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 14, 2018, AT 1531 EST A BEECH PA-31, N101M, REGISTERED TO CONSOLIDATED CITRUS LLC, CAME TO AN ABRUPT STOP AFTER THE NOSE LANDING GEAR TURNED 90 DEGREES ON RUNWAY 23 DURING ROLLOUT AT PAGE FIELD(FMY), FORT MYERS, FL WHILE ON A BUSINESS FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL

CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. A FLAT SPOT ON THE TREAD OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR TIRE WAS THE ONLY DAMAGE SUSTAINED DURING THE INCIDENT. THE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER WERE UNINJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM FMY AT 12:12 PRIOR TO MAKING A SCHEDULED STOP AT PALM BEACH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (PBI), WEST PALM BEACH, FL, PRIOR TO RETURNING TO FMY.

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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