# Incident 19831226072989I: Piper PA24, Covington, TN, December 26, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 26, 1983, 16:20 local time
- Place: Covington, TN
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5659° N, 89.6485° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Covington, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5659&lon=-89.6485&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6311P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6311P-2017-06-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24 (registry code 7102402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 725 total, 658 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831226072989I

## Narrative

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

VEERED TO THE LEFT ON LANDING. TRIED TO CORRECT AND BOTH GEAR COLLAPSED. PREVIOUS GEAR PROBLEMS. NEEDS REWORKED.

## Other reports on N6311P (2)

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

- [Accident 20040803026919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040803026919A), Aug 3, 2004: Piper PA24 (N6311P), Philipsburg, PA, Destroyed. (-23) N6311P departed runway 35 at phillipsburg mid-State airport at approximately 2145Z. After the aircraft became airborne off of runway 34 the aircraft…
- [Incident 19801029077699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801029077699I), Oct 29, 1980: Piper PA24 (N6311P), West Point, MS, Minor damage. Pilot forgot to extend landing gear.

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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