# Incident 19810908068939I: Piper PA34220T, Baton Rouge, LA, September 8, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 1981, 21:30 local time
- Place: Baton Rouge, LA
- Airport: Baton Rouge
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3651° N, 91.0495° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BATON ROUGE (LA05), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3651&lon=-91.0495&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8434Z (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34220T
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,636 total, 197 in this make and model, 59 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810908068939I

## Narrative

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

ON ROLLOUT,GEAR COLLAPSED.FOUND SELECTOR SWITCH SHORTED TO UP POSITION.BUMP TOOK WEIGHT OFF GEAR.GEAR STARTED UP.

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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