# Incident 19891027061099I: Piper PA32RT300T, Spartanburg, SC, October 27, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 27, 1989, 11:45 local time
- Place: Spartanburg, SC
- Airport: Spartanburg Downtonw Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9456° N, 81.9259° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Spartanburg, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9456&lon=-81.9259&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21433, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N21433-2018-01-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300T (registry code 7103216, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300T
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 400 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891027061099I

## Narrative

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

FORWARD CARGO DOOR OPENED ON CLIMB. RETURNED. PUT GEAR HANDLE DOWN. GEAR COLLAPSED ON ROLLOUT.

## Other reports on N21433 (1)

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

- [Accident 19971123034209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971123034209A), Nov 23, 1997: Piper PA32RT300T (N21433), Midlothian, TX, Substantial damage. Acft eng quit, pilot made emerg landing in a field. Acft struck a tree. Midlothian, TX (.4)the aircraft was descending from 8,500 feet, when the pilot 'felt…

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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