# Incident 19940302006069I: Piper PA60601P, Little Rock, AR, March 2, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 2, 1994, 13:30 local time
- Place: Little Rock, AR
- Airport: Adams Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7465° N, 92.2896° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Little Rock, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7465&lon=-92.2896&mi=10
- Aircraft: N985JL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N985JL-2021-08-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Smith AEROSTAR 601P (registry code 8360608, https://openairdocs.org/model/smith-aerostar-601p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA60601P
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,300 total, 25 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940302006069I

## Narrative

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

LEFT GEAR DOOR STRUCK THE GROUND WHILE TAXIING CLEAR OF RUNWAY. GEAR DOOR DID NOT CYCLE UP ON LOWERING GEAR.

## Other reports on N985JL (2)

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

- [Incident 20000519028799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000519028799I), May 19, 2000: Piper PA60601P (N985JL), Danville, IL, Minor damage. (-23)On 05/19/2000, Piper Aerostar aircraft N985JL, operated by usa charter (U9CA), hit some tree tops during takeoff from danvilla Illinois (dnv) ru nway 16.…
- [Incident 19930416026449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930416026449I), Apr 16, 1993: Piper PA60601P (N985JL), Hot Springs, AR. Electrical malfunction in flight. Precautionary landing. Power cable to alternator chaffed to engine frame.

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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