# Incident 19971211041989I: Piper PA31350, Lexington, KY, December 11, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 11, 1997, 15:15 local time
- Place: Lexington, KY
- Airport: Blue Grass
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0367° N, 84.6086° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BLUE GRASS (LEX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0367&lon=-84.6086&mi=10
- Aircraft: N61384, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N61384-2024-01-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540J2BD
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total, 125 in this make and model, 140 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971211041989I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: NOSE GEAR DID NOT RETRACT AFTER TAKEOFF. TORQUE LINK HAD DISCONNECTED WHEN PIN WAS LOST, AND NOSE GEAR (LOWER PORTION) ROTATED 90 DEGREES. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO LEX AND LANDED. PILOT SHUTDOWN ENGINES AND FEATHERED PROPS BEFORE NOSE GEAR TOUCHDOWN. AFTER TOUCHDOWN, AT A SPEED OF A BRISK WALK, STEERING CONTROL WAS LOST AND AIRCRAFT YAWED 120 DEGREES LEFT. AIRCRAFT DID NOT DEPART THE RUNWAY. NO DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N61384 (2)

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

- [Accident 20100404031151A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100404031151A), Apr 4, 2010: Piper PA-31-350 (N61384), Honolulu, HI, Substantial damage. Sunday 4-4-2010 13:11 notified to investigate an aircraft accident on Honolulu airfield. N61384, PA31, pacific air charters, refueled, returned to ramp to…
- [Incident 20000706033909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000706033909I), Jul 6, 2000: Piper PA31350 (N61384), Harrisburg, PA, Minor damage. (-23)On July 6, 2000, private pilot [privacy data omitted] made a gear-up landing in aircraft model PA-31-350, registration number N61384. The aircraft was…

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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