# Incident 19790804030989I: Piper PA30, Liberty, NC, August 4, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 1979, 19:15 local time
- Place: Liberty, NC
- Airport: Causey
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9118° N, 79.6176° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CAUSEY (NC74), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9118&lon=-79.6176&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7044Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7044Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 792 total, 32 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/19790804030989I

## Narrative

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

HEARD GEAR WARNING HORN ON TAKEOFF ROLL. INADVERTANTLY SELECTED UL POSITION ON SELECTOR.

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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