# Incident 19860606032739I: Piper PA31350, Lewiston, ME, June 6, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 6, 1986, 08:56 local time
- Place: Lewiston, ME
- Airport: Auburn
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.1004° N, 70.2148° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lewiston, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.1004&lon=-70.2148&mi=10
- Aircraft: N984PA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N984PA-2021-11-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860606032739I

## Narrative

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

STARTED TAKEOFF ROLL BEFORE BEING APPROVED FOR RELEASE ON IFR FLIGHT.

## Other reports on N984PA (1)

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

- [Incident 19920219005639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920219005639I), Feb 19, 1992: Piper PA31350 (N984PA), Syracuse, NY. Nose showed an unsafe gear indication on approach. Landed safely. Nose gear down lock switch out of adjustment.

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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