# Incident 19810624043199I: Piper PA31, Covington, KY, June 24, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 1981, 16:00 local time
- Place: Covington, KY
- Airport: International
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: COMA
- Location: 39.0351° N, 84.5196° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Covington, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0351&lon=-84.5196&mi=10
- Aircraft: N77AL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N77AL-2013-06-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-310 (registry code 7103102, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810624043199I

## Narrative

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

ZA PILOT GOT UNSAFE GEAR INDICATION DURING RETRACTION. CYCLED 6 TIMES,NO HELP. FLIGHT RETURNED. ADJUST MAIN DOOR SW

## Other reports on N77AL (2)

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

- [Incident 19840105002799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840105002799I), Jan 5, 1984: Piper PA31 (N77AL), Albany, NY. Power failed due to over voltage drop off of alternators not noticed by crew until battery unable to trip relay.
- [Incident 19830623040039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830623040039I), Jun 23, 1983: Piper PA31310 (N77AL), Nantucket, MA. On landing left main gear warning light illuminated. Landed without incident. Left gear forward side brace broken.

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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