# Incident 19890121006659I: Piper PA31P350, Washington, DC, January 21, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 21, 1989, 09:45 local time
- Place: Washington, DC
- Airport: Washington National
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8951° N, 77.0364° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Washington, DC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8951&lon=-77.0364&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9212Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9212Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA 31P 350 (registry code 7103111, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31p-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 PA31P350
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540V2AD
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890121006659I

## Narrative

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

WHEN LEFT ENGINE STARTED, NOSE GEAR RETRACTED. HANDLE IN UP POSITION. PRESSURE FROM HYDRAULIC PUMP RETRACTED 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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