# Incident 20080228011429I: Piper PA30, Lexington, KY, February 28, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 28, 2008, 18:44 local time
- Place: Lexington, KY
- Airport: Blue Grass
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: NZZA
- Location: 38.0367° N, 84.6086° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BLUE GRASS (LEX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0367&lon=-84.6086&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7656Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7656Y-2015-09-09) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,100 total, 93 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080228011429I

## Narrative

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

(-23) IN A WRITTEN STATEMENT FROM THE PILOT, HE CLAIMS THAT THE LANDING GEAR SELECTOR WAS IN THE DOWN POSITION PRIOR TO ENGINE START. DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL AS THE PILOT ROTATED HE CLAIMS HE SAW SPARKS AND SMELLED SMOKE AS THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED ONTO THE RUNWAY. AFTER EXITING THE AIRCRAFT THE PILOT LOOKED INTO THE COCKPIT AND NOTED THAT THE LANDING GEAR SELECTOR WAS NOT IN THE DOWN POSITION. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE DOES NOT KNOW HOW IT CAME TO BE OUT OF THE DOWN POSITION.

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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