19890422021749I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-201T · Lakeview, AR · April 22, 1989

Date
April 22, 1989 · 19:15 local
Place
Lakeview, AR
Airport
Gastons Airport
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6325C
Reported as
Piper PA28R201T
Reported engine
Continental TSIO360FB
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,500 total1,100 in this make and model75 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.

Pilot stated left gear collapsed on take-off roll. Investigation suggests that the gear was inadvertently retracted

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATED LEFT GEAR COLLAPSED ON TAKE-OFF ROLL. INVESTIGATION SUGGESTS THAT THE GEAR WAS INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED