# Incident 19820115000289I: Piper PA32RT300, Gladewater, TX, January 15, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 15, 1982, 16:20 local time
- Place: Gladewater, TX
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5425° N, 94.9471° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gladewater, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5425&lon=-94.9471&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3053H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3053H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300 (registry code 7103215, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1G5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 188 total, 10 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820115000289I

## Narrative

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

NOSE AND RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED INTO WHEEL WELLS ON TAKEOFF. INDICATES PREMATURE GEAR RETRACTION BY PILOT.

## Other reports on N3053H (1)

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

- [Incident 19830316012389I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830316012389I), Mar 16, 1983: Piper PA32300 (N3053H), Gladewater, TX, Minor damage. Landed gear up. Overlooked gear down on checklist.

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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