# Incident 19780121004029I: Piper PA30, Grand Junction, CO, January 21, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 21, 1978, 12:50 local time
- Place: Grand Junction, CO
- Airport: Walker
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0639° N, 108.5506° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grand Junction, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0639&lon=-108.5506&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8210Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8210Y-2013-05-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 1,600 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780121004029I

## Narrative

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

GEAR SWITCH WAS NOT IN THE DOWN POSITION AND GEAR RETRACTED DURING TAKE OFF ROLL.

## Other reports on N8210Y (1)

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

- [Accident 19930401010899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930401010899A), Apr 1, 1993: Piper PA30 (N8210Y), Hotchkiss, CO, Substantial damage. Struck pickup near runway threshold that was used to light runway. Child in pickup seriously injured.

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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