# Incident 19970521015079I: Piper PA24180, Lenoir, NC, May 21, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 1997, 16:00 local time
- Place: Lenoir, NC
- Airport: Lower Creek Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9446° N, 81.4901° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LOWER CREEK (NC27), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9446&lon=-81.4901&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6583P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6583P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-180 (registry code 7102403, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-180) (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 PA24180
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 450 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/19970521015079I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON MAY 21, 1997 AT APPROXIMATELY 1600 LCL, PILOT TOOK OFF ON RUNWAY 23 (AT NC-27), PASSENGER THOUGHT HE SMELLED SMOKE AND PILOT DECIDED TO RETURN AND LAND ON RUNWAY (5). IN REACTING TO PASSENGERS ANXIETY PILOT DID NOT MAKE SURE LANDING GEAR WAS LOCKED DOWN.

## Other reports on N6583P (1)

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

- [Incident 19811102085959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811102085959I), Nov 2, 1981: Piper PA24 (N6583P), Norfolk, VA, Minor damage. After takeoff landing gear breaker popped. Unable to reset emergency gear system used in landing. Gear 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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