41.5934° N, 87.3464° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Gary, IN, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
February 27, 1988 · 15:43 local
Place
Gary, IN
Airport
Gary Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N614SG
Reported as
Piper PA60600
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,316 total318 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Nose gear retracted on the landing roll. Damage indicates pilot inadvertently raised the gear handle to up position
As the FAA filed it
NOSE GEAR RETRACTED ON THE LANDING ROLL. DAMAGE INDICATES PILOT INADVERTENTLY RAISED THE GEAR HANDLE TO UP POSITION