# Incident 20040928025659I: Piper PA30, Knox, IN, September 28, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 2004, 10:50 local time
- Place: Knox, IN
- Airport: Starke County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3297° N, 86.6646° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at STARKE COUNTY (OXI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3297&lon=-86.6646&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8381Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8381Y) (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: LYC IO320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,700 total, 989 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040928025659I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR UP AT KNOX, INDIANA AIRPORT. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR SELECTOR WAS IN THE INTERMEDIATE POSITION.

## Other reports on N8381Y (1)

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

- [Incident 19800521053739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800521053739I), May 21, 1980: Piper PA30 (N8381Y), Tri-Cities, TN, Minor damage. Flight diverted due to smoke in cockpit. Found #1 master radio relay short-circuited.

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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