# Incident 19811227085039I: Piper PA31350, Lancaster, PA, December 27, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 1981, 12:30 local time
- Place: Lancaster, PA
- Airport: Lancaster
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 40.1224° N, 76.2944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LANCASTER (LNS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1224&lon=-76.2944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N62994, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N62994-1989-03-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 800 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811227085039I

## Narrative

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

ZK GEAR LEVER JAMMED IN UP POSITION ON TAKEOFF. PASSENGER HELPED USED AUX GEAR SYSTEM. DETENTE CAM JAMMED PN763207.

## Other reports on N62994 (3)

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

- [Accident 19850917050869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850917050869A), Sep 17, 1985: Piper PA31350 (N62994), Pittsburgh, PA, Substantial damage. Struck a tree during forced landing on a golf course. Fuel sulpply exhausted.
- [Incident 19850111008719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850111008719I), Jan 11, 1985: Piper PA31350 (N62994), Manville, NJ. Lost all radios en route. Descended and found airport. Radio master circuit breaker went bad.
- [Incident 19790104003089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790104003089I), Jan 4, 1979: Piper PA31 (N62994), Jamaica, NY. Received unsafe gear light, right main gear. On touchdown unsafe light went out. Cause undetermined.

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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