# Incident 19800523058679I: Piper PA60600, Lumberton, NC, May 23, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 1980, 20:40 local time
- Place: Lumberton, NC
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: WHAA
- Location: 34.6306° N, 79.0186° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lumberton, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6306&lon=-79.0186&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7498S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7498S-2013-05-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Smith AEROSTAR 600 (registry code 8360602, https://openairdocs.org/model/smith-aerostar-600) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA60600
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,580 total, 200 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/19800523058679I

## Narrative

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

TIRE BLEW OUT ON TAKEOFF ROLL CAUSING AIRCRAFT TO VEER OFF RUNWAY AND GEAR TO COLLAPSE.

## Other reports on N7498S (2)

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

- [Incident 19821130066719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821130066719I), Nov 30, 1982: Piper PA60600 (N7498S), Charlotte, NC, Minor damage. Distracted by last minute vectors on approach. Landed gear up.
- [Incident 19810701048709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810701048709I), Jul 1, 1981: Piper PA60600 (N7498S), Mint Hill, NC, Minor damage. Upper half of cabin door opened in flight and blew off. Cause unknown.

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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