# Incident 19850731045219I: Piper PA60600, Pittsburgh, PA, July 31, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 1985, 05:50 local time
- Place: Pittsburgh, PA
- Airport: Allegheny County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ACCA
- Location: 40.3544° N, 79.9290° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALLEGHENY COUNTY (AGC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3544&lon=-79.9290&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90349, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N90349) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Smith AEROSTAR 600 (registry code 8360602, https://openairdocs.org/model/smith-aerostar-600) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA60600
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,100 total, 900 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850731045219I

## Narrative

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

PILOT REACHED UP TO TURN OFF RADIOS AND INADVERTENTLY HIT GEAR KNOB. NOSE GEAR RETRACTED.

## Other reports on N90349 (3)

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

- [Incident 19940128005109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940128005109I), Jan 28, 1994: Piper PA60600 (N90349), Middletown, PA, Minor damage. Narrative: the part 135 aircraft, a Piper PA60-600 was on an instrument flight plan from agc, allegheny, CO., PA to phl, philadelphia, PA in cruise flight at…
- [Incident 19880211012599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880211012599I), Feb 11, 1988: Piper PA60600 (N90349), Cincinnati, OH, Minor damage. Landing gear switch inadvertently actuated in PIC haste to clear aircraft off taxiway.
- [Incident 19860909081499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860909081499I), Sep 9, 1986: Piper PA60600 (N90349), Binghamton, NY, Minor damage. The left engine failed during cruise. The pilot landed the aircraft gear up beside runway. Broken connecting rod.

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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