# Incident 20010907028149I: Piper PA30, Cambridge, MD, September 7, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 2001
- Place: Cambridge, MD
- Airport: Cambridge Dorchester Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5393° N, 76.0304° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CAMBRIDGE-DORCHESTER RGNL (CGE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5393&lon=-76.0304&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7263Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7263Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- Reported engine: CONT IO360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,600 total, 1,000 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/20010907028149I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## Other reports on N7263Y (1)

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

- [Incident 20200203000539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200203000539I), Feb 3, 2020: Piper PA-30 (N7263Y), Salisbury, MD, Minor damage. 02/01/2020 - While taxiing N7263Y for departure the right engine propeller struck a taxiway light lens destroying it. Operator contacted sby control tower to…

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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