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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-180 · Wichita, KS · September 26, 1982

Date
September 26, 1982 · 14:00 local
Place
Wichita, KS
Airport
Mid Continent
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4663J
Reported as
Piper PA28R180
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
650 total300 in this make and model12 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Nose gear jammed on gear retraction after takeoff. Landed nose gear up. Homemade tow bar had been left in wheel hub

As the FAA filed it

NOSE GEAR JAMMED ON GEAR RETRACTION AFTER TAKEOFF. LANDED NOSE GEAR UP. HOMEMADE TOW BAR HAD BEEN LEFT IN WHEEL HUB