# Incident 19811114081769I: Piper PA23, Savannah, GA, November 14, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 14, 1981, 11:02 local time
- Place: Savannah, GA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.0835° N, 81.0998° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Savannah, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.0835&lon=-81.0998&mi=10
- Aircraft: N27CY, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N27CY) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 5,500 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811114081769I

## Narrative

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

AFTER LANDING, RERACTED GEAR INSTEAD OF FLAPS. MAIN GEAR RETRACTED ON RUN.

## Other reports on N27CY (1)

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

- [Incident 20251227021379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251227021379I), Dec 27, 2025: Piper PA-23-250 (N27CY), Punta Gorda, FL, Minor damage. Tower was advised of a possible prop strike by incident aircraft. The aircraft was seen in what appenrcd to be normal landing configuration on short final but…

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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