# Incident 20000930037999I: Piper PA60601P, Saluda, VA, September 30, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 2000, 12:10 local time
- Place: Saluda, VA
- Airport: Hummel Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6036° N, 76.4465° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HUMMEL FLD (W75), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6036&lon=-76.4465&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6ZR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6ZR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper AEROSTAR 601P (registry code 7106012, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-aerostar-601p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA60601P
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,400 total, 185 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000930037999I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR WHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS STILL ON THE TAKEOFF ROLL. THE AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR RETRACTED CAUSING THE NOSE TO DIP DOWN ON THE RUNWAY, AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED ON ITS BELLY OFF OF THE END OF THE RUNWAY.

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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