# Incident 19810708053029I: Piper PA28R201T, Block Island, RI, July 8, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 1981, 10:00 local time
- Place: Block Island, RI
- Airport: Block Island Stat
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1918° N, 71.5745° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Block Island, RI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1918&lon=-71.5745&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6369C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6369C-2003-08-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201T (registry code 7102813, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R201T
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 300 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810708053029I

## Narrative

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

RETRACTED GEAR ON LIFT OFF. PROP STRUCK RUNWAY. CONTINUED AIRBORN. LANDED SAFE. HAD GEAR OVERRIDE ON.

## Other reports on N6369C (1)

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

- [Accident 20030304002519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030304002519A), Mar 4, 2003: Piper PA28R201T (N6369C), Cedar Key, FL, Destroyed, 2 fatal. (-23) On March 4, 2003 at 1930 EDT, a Piper 28P, N6369C, registered to cherry hill aviation inc. on VFR from key west, Florida (eyw), to tallahassee, Florida…

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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