# Incident 19811016075489I: Piper PA28*, Mount Vernon, OH, October 16, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 16, 1981, 15:40 local time
- Place: Mount Vernon, OH
- Airport: Knox Co
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3289° N, 82.5261° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KNOX COUNTY (4I3), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3289&lon=-82.5261&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40846, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N40846-2012-11-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28*
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 349 total, 40 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811016075489I

## Narrative

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

PILOT MAKING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS LANDED GEAR UP. FOUND AUTOMATIC EXTENDER LOCKED IN GEAR UP POSITION.

## Other reports on N40846 (1)

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

- [Accident 19840331012499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840331012499A), Mar 31, 1984: Piper PA28R200 (N40846), Garden City, KS, Destroyed. Flew into flat level ground at night in near zero flight conditions. Briefing advised adverse weather and icing.

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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