# Incident 19970410013249I: Piper PA60602P, Orlando, FL, April 10, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 10, 1997, 12:45 local time
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Airport: Orlando Executive Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.5455° N, 81.3329° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORLANDO EXEC (ORL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5455&lon=-81.3329&mi=10
- Aircraft: N700DJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N700DJ-2003-10-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper AEROSTAR 602P (registry code 7106014, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-aerostar-602p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA60602P
- Reported engine: LYC IO540AA1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 650 total, 55 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970410013249I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: WHILE TAXIING TO FBO THE PILOTS RIGHT KNEE BUMPED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE INTO THE GEAR UP POSITION. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N700DJ (2)

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

- [Accident 20021003029969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021003029969A), Oct 3, 2002: Piper PA60602P (N700DJ), Bradford, PA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) At 21:25 local time, N700DJ made an uncontrolled flight into terrain, crashed, and was found 3.7 miles from the approach end of runway 32 at the Bradford…
- [Incident 20000104002539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000104002539I), Jan 4, 2000: Piper PA60602P (N700DJ), Jamestown, NY. On 1/4/00 Piper PA-602P, N700DJ, s/n 62P09238165047, piloted by james paige, experienced complete electrical failure during an instrument approach to…

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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