# Incident 19890604039709I: Piper PA32R300, Put In Bay, OH, June 4, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 4, 1989, 17:30 local time
- Place: Put In Bay, OH
- Airport: Put In Bay Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6367° N, 82.8283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PUT IN BAY (3W2), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6367&lon=-82.8283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N38984, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N38984) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1A5
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,700 total, 140 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890604039709I

## Narrative

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

ATTEMPTED SHORT FIELD TAKEOFF.ABORTED DUE TO TREES AHEAD.LEFT GEAR DID NOT LOCK DOWN PRIOR TO LANDING AND 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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