# Incident 19800320034029I: Piper PA31350, Washington, DC, March 20, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 20, 1980, 08:00 local time
- Place: Washington, DC
- Airport: Natl
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 38.8951° N, 77.0364° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Washington, DC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8951&lon=-77.0364&mi=10
- Aircraft: N74939 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- People aboard: 8
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,500 total, 175 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/19800320034029I

## Narrative

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

ON GEAR RETRACTION GEAR DOWN INDICATOR STAYED ON, ALSO UNSAFE LIGHT. EXTENDED GEAR & LANDED NORMALLY.

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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