# Incident 19830926066619I: Piper PA28R200, Baltimore, MD, September 26, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 26, 1983, 15:50 local time
- Place: Baltimore, MD
- Airport: International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2904° N, 76.6122° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Baltimore, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2904&lon=-76.6122&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6862J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6862J) (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
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 470 total, 12 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830926066619I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR DID NOT INDICATE DOWN AND LOCKED. LANDED WITHOUT DAMAGE. FOUND DOWNLOCK SPRING ANCHOR BROKEN.

## Other reports on N6862J (1)

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

- [Incident 19810504035269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810504035269I), May 4, 1981: Piper PA28R200 (N6862J), Westminster, MD, Substantial damage. Hard landing on grass in threshold of taxiway. Struck edge of taxiway with gear and wing damage. Runway closed.

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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