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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-34-200T · Laurel, MS · July 10, 1981

Date: July 10, 1981 · 22:30 local
Place: Laurel, MS
Airport: Hesler Noble
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2161F
Reported as: Piper PA34200T
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,300 total100 in this make and model290 in the last 90 days

N2161FRegistration cancelled Oct 13, 2011 · Piper PA-34-200TS/N 34-7970057 · Built 1978 Airframe modelPiper PA-34-200T Engine modelContinental TSIO-520 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Unable extend and lock nose gear. Baggage bin door open. Loose baggage straps had fouled nose gear.

As the FAA filed it

UNABLE EXTEND AND LOCK NOSE GEAR. BAGGAGE BIN DOOR OPEN. LOOSE BAGGAGE STRAPS HAD FOULED NOSE GEAR.