# Incident 19810818063969I: Piper PA30, Topeka, KS, August 18, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 1981, 17:45 local time
- Place: Topeka, KS
- Airport: Topeka
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9509° N, 95.6636° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TOPEKA RGNL (FOE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9509&lon=-95.6636&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8475Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8475Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810818063969I

## Narrative

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

ON CROSSWIND TAKEOFF LEFT GEAR STRUCK RUNWAY. ON LANDING GEAR INDICATED UNSAFE, COLLAPSED ON ROLLOUT.

## Other reports on N8475Y (3)

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

- [Accident 20040822028369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040822028369A), Aug 22, 2004: Piper PA30 (N8475Y), Auburn, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) According to police report filed by [privacy data omitted] the pilot stated "just before landing he mistakenly hit the controls for the flaps instead of…
- [Incident 19951001036899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951001036899I), Oct 1, 1995: Piper PA30 (N8475Y), North Little Ro, AR, Minor damage. Narrative: history of flight; on October 1, 1995, CDT, a Piper LPA-30, N8475Y, registered to westnight of dover, del. And flown by thomas meeks of north Little…
- [Incident 19780814037299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780814037299I), Aug 14, 1978: Piper PA30 (N8475Y), Omaha, NE, Minor damage. Gear retracted on takeoff. Found faulty gear actuator switch.

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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