# Incident 19781118026109I: Piper PA28R200, Charlotte, NC, November 18, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 18, 1978, 14:00 local time
- Place: Charlotte, NC
- Airport: Douglas Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2271° N, 80.8431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Charlotte, NC, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2271&lon=-80.8431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4992S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4992S-1989-07-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 325 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/19781118026109I

## Narrative

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

PILOT HEARD LOUD NOISE DURING GEAR RETRACTION. COULD NOT EXTEND NOSE GEAR FOR LANDING.

## Other reports on N4992S (1)

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

- [Accident 19830903067929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830903067929A), Sep 3, 1983: Piper PA28R200 (N4992S), St Simons Islan, FL, Substantial damage. Clipped tree tops on final approach and crash landed short of the runway then slid through airport fence.

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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