# Incident 19890119007029I: Piper PA60601P, Keene, NH, January 19, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 19, 1989, 09:09 local time
- Place: Keene, NH
- Airport: Dillant-Hopkins
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.8984° N, 72.2708° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DILLANT/HOPKINS (EEN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8984&lon=-72.2708&mi=10
- Aircraft: N771LB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N771LB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper AEROSTAR 601P (registry code 7106012, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-aerostar-601p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA60601P
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 170 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890119007029I

## Narrative

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

TOP HALF OF DOOR OPENED DURING TAKEOFF. PROCEEDED TO KEENE. LANDED SAFELY. CHECKED DOOR AND RETURNED.

## Other reports on N771LB (1)

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

- [Incident 19950910035659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950910035659I), Sep 10, 1995: Piper PA60601P (N771LB), Belmar/Farmingd, NJ, Minor damage. Scraped. Runway landing. Realized gear up. Selected gear down too late. Landed intransit. Gear collapsed.

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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