# Incident 19960805027309I: Piper PA23250, Knoxville, TN, August 5, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 1996, 16:35 local time
- Place: Knoxville, TN
- Airport: Mc Ghee Tyson
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8111° N, 83.9941° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MC GHEE TYSON (TYS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8111&lon=-83.9941&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8PS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8PS-2023-04-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24 (registry code 7102402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,187 total, 3,500 in this make and model, 98 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960805027309I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON AUGUST 5, 1996, AT 1635 EDT, A PIPER PA-23-250, N8PS, REGISTERED TO GEORGE D. HARRIS, EXPERIENCED A PROPELLER FEATHERING ON THE RIGHT SIDE ENGINE AT LIFT OFF, WHILE ON A MAINTENANCE TEST FLIGHT FROM MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, KNOXVILLE, TN. LANDING GEAR RETRACTION HAD BEEN INITIATED WHEN PILOT ELECTED TO ABORT. MINOR DAMAGE SUSTAINED TO THE AIRCRAFT. NO INJURIES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED.

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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