# Incident 19830917065899I: Piper PA28R200, West Chicago, IL, September 17, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 1983, 07:52 local time
- Place: West Chicago, IL
- Airport: Dupage
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9071° N, 88.2480° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DUPAGE (DPA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9071&lon=-88.2480&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56718, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N56718-2003-10-15) (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 PA28R200
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 544 total, 350 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830917065899I

## Narrative

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

INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR ON ROLLOUT. BACKUP GEAR EXTENDER LEAKING THROUGH THE SENSING DIAPHRAGM.

## Other reports on N56718 (2)

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

- [Accident 19990805010779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990805010779A), Aug 5, 1999: Piper PA28R200 (N56718), Grays Lake, IL, Damage unknown, 2 fatal. Acft struck a powr line and crashed while on approach, there are 2 reported fatalities and a possibility that there may be 2 more fatalities, other…
- [Incident 19820412022729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820412022729I), Apr 12, 1982: Piper PA28R200 (N56718), Dalavan, WI, Minor damage. Right main and nose gear collapsed on landing roll. Found landing gear out of rig, causing unsafe lockdown.

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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