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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-30 · Cambridge, MD · September 7, 2001

Date: September 7, 2001
Place: Cambridge, MD
Airport: Cambridge Dorchester Airport
Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N7263Y
Reported as: Piper PA30
Reported engine: Continental IO360*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,600 total1,000 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

N7263YRegistered now · Piper PA-30S/N 30-298 · Built 1964 Airframe modelPiper PA-30 Engine modelLycoming IO-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The airman performed a normal takeoff from the Cambridge airport. Immediately after lift off, the pilot heard a banging noise, and realized that he had left his keys in the outside of the door. The airman felt that he had sufficient runway remaining to abort the takeoff, but failed to realize that he had already retracted the landing gear. The aircraft then landed gear up on the runway and slid off the end into the grass overrun. Damage to the belly of the aircraft, propellers and antennas.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE AIRMAN PERFORMED A NORMAL TAKEOFF FROM THE CAMBRIDGE AIRPORT. IMMEDIATELY AFTER LIFT OFF, THE PILOT HEARD A BANGING NOISE, AND REALIZED THAT HE HAD LEFT HIS KEYS IN THE OUTSIDE OF THE DOOR. THE AIRMAN FELT THAT HE HAD SUFFICIENT RUNWAY REMAINING TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF, BUT FAILED TO REALIZE THAT HE HAD ALREADY RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT THEN LANDED GEAR UP ON THE RUNWAY AND SLID OFF THE END INTO THE GRASS OVERRUN. DAMAGE TO THE BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT, PROPELLERS AND ANTENNAS.

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