# Incident 20010804024439I: Piper PA23250, Knoxville, TN, August 4, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 2001, 11:00 local time
- Place: Knoxville, TN
- Airport: Knoxville Downtown Island Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9638° N, 83.8737° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KNOXVILLE DOWNTOWN ISLAND (DKX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9638&lon=-83.8737&mi=10
- Aircraft: N62757, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N62757) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,124 total, 22 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010804024439I

## Narrative

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

(-23) JUST AFTER LIFT-OFF AND GEAR RETRACTION, SPARKS AND SMOKE CAME OUT OF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. PILOT WAS PRE-OCCUPIED WITH THIS PROBLEM AND ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO SETTLE CAUSING BOTH PROPELLERS STRUCK THE RUNWAY. SMOKE AND SPARKS CEASED IMMEDIATELY, PILOT RETURNED FOR LANDING.

## Other reports on N62757 (1)

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

- [Incident 19810316029399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810316029399I), Mar 16, 1981: Piper PA23250 (N62757), Sebastian, FL, Minor damage. During training flight landed wheels up.

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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