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(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ON AUGUST 6, 2002 A PIPER AZTEC, N6206Y, S/N 27-3433, OPERATED BY 14 CFR 135 CERTIFIED AIR CARRIER, NORTHEAST AVIATION, INC, P.O. BOX 159, LANSING, IL 60438, CERTIFICATE NUMBER NZZA853U, EXPERIENCED AN INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT HAD JUST PICKED UP 5 CONTAINERS OF HAZMAT CARGO WEIGHING 48 POUND EACH, APPROXIMATELY 240 POUNDS TOTAL. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY 9 AT LEWIS UNIVERSITY AIRPORT (LOT) AND THE PILOT, MR. TYRONE J. HACKNEY, RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR. THE PILOT EXPERIENCED WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS A POWER LOSS ON BOTH ENGINES AND THE AIRCRAFT STARTED DESCENDING TOWARD THE RUNWAY. KNOWING THAT THERE WAS A LARGE QUARRY AND DROP OFF IN FRONT OF HIM, THE PILOT ELECTED TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF. THE LANDING GEAR HAD NOT FULLY RETRACTED AND IT CUSHIONED THE CONTACT OF THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE GROUND. MINOR DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES OR PROPERTY DAMAGE WERE INCURRED. THE DIRECTOR OF MAINTENANCE FOR NORTHEAST AVIATION, INC. DID THE FOLLOWING CHECKS: 1. CHECKED ALL TANKS FOR FUEL. FOUND MORE THAN ENOUGH FUEL FOR THE FLIGHT INTENDED. 2. SUMPED ALL TANKS. FOUND FREE OF CONTAMINANTS. 3. CHECKED FUEL FILTER SUMPS. FOUND FREE OF CONTAMINANTS. 4. C HECKED FUEL FLOW AT FLOW DIVIDERS (L&R ENGINES) WITH THROTTLES AND MIXTURE CONTROLS AT TAKEOFF CONFIGURATION. FLOWS WERE NORMAL. 5. CHECKED FUEL FLOW AT INDIVIDUAL FUEL NOZZLES (L&R ENGINES). FLOWS WERE NORMAL. 6. CHECKED FUEL FLOW AT FIREWALL (L&R ENGINES) WITH BOOST PUMPS ON, INBOARD, OUTBOARD, AND CROSSFEED POSITIONS. FLOWS WERE NORMAL. 7. CHECKED ALL CYLINDERS ON BOTH ENGINES FOR COMPRESSION (DIRECT READING) FOUND ALL CYLINDERS BETWEEN 125-145 LBS. 8. READ ALL SPARK PLUGS. ALL EXHIBITED NORMAL OPERATIONAL COLORIZATION. PLUGS WERE NEW WITHIN THE LAST 10 HOURS. 9. CHECKED ALL SPARKPLUGS FOR PRESENCE OF SPARK. LEFT MAGNETO PLUGS SPARK AS NORMAL. RIGHT MAGNET SPARKPLUGS DID NOT SPARK (PROBABLY DUE TO NOT ACHIEVING "COMING IN SPEED" WHILE CRANKING). LEFT MAGNETOS HAVE "SHOWER OF SPARKS" IGNITION. 10. BOTH ENGINES EXHIBIT ONLY MINOR OIL LEAKS. BOTH EXHIBIT NORMAL CRANKING OIL PRESSURE. 11. BOTH PROPELLERS WERE REMOVED FOR EVALUATION. BASICALLY, NO MECHANICAL DIFFICULTIES WERE FOUND WITH THIS AIRCRAFT, ENGINES OR ANY OF ITS COMPONENTS. ON OCTOBER 1, 2002 TWO NEW PROPELLERS WERE INSTALLED, A PROPELLER FLANGE RUNOUT COMPLETED AND A VISUAL INSPECTION OF BOTH ENGINES WAS SATISFACTORILY COMPLETED. WITH INSPECTORS JAMES F. KENNEDY AND EDMOND G. POTTLE FROM THE DPA-FSDO AS WITNESSES, THE AIRCRAFT WAS RUN UP AND ALL POWER CHECKS WERE SATISFACTORILY COMPLETED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DEEMED SUITABLE FOR A FERRY FLIGHT AND THE AIRCRAFT WILL BE FERRIED BACK TO LANSING AIRPORT. THE ENGINES WILL BE REMOVED AND DISASSEMBLED FOR A SUDDEN STOPPAGE INSPECTION AND PROPELLER STRIKE AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE (AD) COMPLIANCE. THE MAINTENANCE LOGS WERE NOT WITH THE AIRCRAFT. I SPOKE WITH THE MECHANIC, TOM MILTON, AND REQUESTED THE LAST INSPECTION WRITE-UP. A 100 HOUR INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED ON 5395.4 TOTAL AIRCRAFT HOURS (A/C TT), 1724.4 HOBBS. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^