# Incident 20041101027459I: Piper PA60601, Abilene, TX, November 1, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 1, 2004, 18:35 local time
- Place: Abilene, TX
- Airport: Abilene Regional Airport
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: TZRA
- Location: 32.4113° N, 99.6819° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ABILENE RGNL (ABI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4113&lon=-99.6819&mi=10
- Aircraft: N602TE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N602TE-2016-08-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper AEROSTAR 601 (registry code 7106010, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-aerostar-601) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA60601
- Reported engine: LYC IO540S1A5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041101027459I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED ABILENE, TEXAS THEN RETURNED AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED DUE TO THE NOSE LANDING NOT RETRACTING. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR STRUT WAS FOUND TO BE LOW AND WAS RESERVICED AND OPS CHECKED GOOD.

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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