# Incident 20070306013619I: Piper PA30, Salome, AZ, March 6, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 6, 2007, 09:15 local time
- Place: Salome, AZ
- Airport: Indian Hills Airpark
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7592° N, 113.6155° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at INDIAN HILLS AIRPARK (2AZ1), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7592&lon=-113.6155&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8682Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8682Y) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 23,000 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070306013619I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 6, 2007, AT APPROXIMATELY 0915 MST, N8682Y, A PIPER PA-30, WITH THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PERFORMING AS PILOT-IN-COMMAND, LANDED GEAR UP WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TAKEOFF AT INDIAN HILLS AIRPARK (2AZ1). THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DESCRIBED THAT DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL, THE DOOR HAD INADVERTENTLY OPENED. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATES THAT THE OPENING OCCURRED AFTER ROTATION AND AIRSPEED WAS CLOSE TO VMC. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATES THAT THE AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT CLIMB AND SETTLED BACK TO THE GROUND AND BOUNCED BACK INTO THE AIR. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATES THAT THE AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT CONTINUE TO CLIMB AND THAT THE POTENTIAL LANDING AREA WAS DECREASING RAPIDLY. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CHOSE TO RAISE THE LANDING GEAR AND LAND OFF AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AND SLID TO A STOP APPROXIMATELY 1000 FEET FROM THE END OF RUNWAY 26. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO BOTH PROPELLERS AND SKIN DAMAGE TO THE BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE TWO OCCUPANTS AND THERE WAS NO POST CRASH FIRE.

## Other reports on N8682Y (1)

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

- [Accident 19740322006909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740322006909A), Mar 22, 1974: Piper PA30 (N8682Y), Hot Springs, AR, Substantial damage. Batt depleted. Used 24V boost on 12V sys to start. Gens inop on tkof. Didnt use emerg gr ext sys.

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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