# Incident 19790120002689I: Piper PA31350, Flushing, NY, January 20, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 20, 1979, 20:42 local time
- Place: Flushing, NY
- Airport: La Guardia
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: CRA
- Location: 40.7772° N, 73.8726° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAGUARDIA (LGA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7772&lon=-73.8726&mi=10
- Aircraft: N65220, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N65220-2013-04-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- People aboard: 8
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,281 total, 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/19790120002689I

## Narrative

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

GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT AFTER TAKEOFF DUE TO SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION ON LANDING GEAR DOORS AND GEAR.

## Other reports on N65220 (1)

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

- [Incident 19800115089459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800115089459I), Jan 15, 1980: Piper PA31350 (N65220), White Plains, NY. Unscheduled landing due to fuel syphoning or leaking around the fuel cap.

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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