# Incident 20020726020939I: Piper PA31325, Fort Collins, CO, July 26, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 26, 2002, 09:58 local time
- Place: Fort Collins, CO
- Airport: Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Arp
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5853° N, 105.0844° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Collins, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5853&lon=-105.0844&mi=10
- Aircraft: N88KJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N88KJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-325 (registry code 7103105, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-325) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31325
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 200 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020726020939I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT HE MAY HAVE INADVERTENTLY HIT THE GEAR LEVER WITH HIS KNEE. GEAR HANDLE WAS IN THE UP & LOCKED POSITION.

## Other reports on N88KJ (1)

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

- [Incident 19961019038659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961019038659I), Oct 19, 1996: Piper PA31325 (N88KJ), Middletown, PA. Narrative: on October 19, 1996, at 1045 hours, a Piper, model PA-31-325, registration number N88KJ, registered to lumair, inc. made a precautionary landing at…

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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