# Incident 20030928023969I: Piper PA28R201, Renton, WA, September 28, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 2003, 18:31 local time
- Place: Renton, WA
- Airport: Renton Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.4931° N, 122.2157° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RENTON MUNI (RNT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4931&lon=-122.2157&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53509, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N53509) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201 (registry code 7102816, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R201
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1C6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 294 total, 8 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030928023969I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING A TOUCH AND GO OPERATION AT RNT RWY 33 THE PILOT REQUESTED A FULL STOP LANDING. AFTER A SHORT LANDING THE PILOT REQUESTED TO PROCEED WITH HIS TAKEOFF FROM HIS POSITION. THE AIRCRAFT WAS MOVING AT A WALKING PACE WHEN THE TOWER CONTROLLER ACKNOWLEDGED WITH "EXPEDITE TAKE-OFF"... OTHER TRAFFIC WAS IN THE PATTERN. THE PILOT GRABBED AND MOVED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE INSTEAD OF THE THROTTLE IN HIS HASTE. THE NOSE GEAR AND THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED. THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE PAVEMENT. THE RWY WAS CLOSED UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED AND PUSHED CLEAR OF THE RWY. ONE PAX WAS ON BOARD WITH THE PILOT. NO INJURIES REPORTED.

## Other reports on N53509 (1)

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

- [Incident 20160421007089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160421007089I), Apr 21, 2016: Piper PA-28R-201 (N53509), Miami, FL, Minor damage. This flight start at Miami Executive Airport (ktmb) and climbed to 1,500 feet direct to homestead general aviation airport (X51). After practicing some trafic…

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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