# Accident 20100912047129A: Piaggio Ava P180, St Petersburg, FL, September 12, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 2010, 15:30 local time
- Place: St Petersburg, FL
- Airport: St Petersburg-Clearwater International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9100° N, 82.6872° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9100&lon=-82.6872&mi=10
- Aircraft: N590JL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIAGGIO AVA P180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 9,409 total, 185 in this make and model, 97 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10LA478](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10LA478) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100912047129A

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED HEARING A BANG ON ROTATION.  THOUGHT HE HAD A BLOWN TIRE.  WHEN HE LOWERED THE NOSE GEAR TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF, THE GEAR RETRACTED.  INITIAL  AIRCRAFT SLIDE 1000 FT CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE STRUCTURAL PRESSURE VESSEL.  THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS FOUND IN THE UP POSITION.  INITIAL INVESTIGATION BY TAMPA FAA INCLUDED A GEAR RETRACTION TEST IN WHICH THE LANDING  GEAR OPERATED NORMALLY.  CONTINUED INVESTIGATION BY MANUFACTURER'S REPRESENTATIVE AND ORLANDO FAA CONSISTED OF AN INDEPTH EXAMININATON OF SPECIFIC AREAS THE LANDING GEAR CONTROL SYSTEM.  NO DEFICIENCIES WERE FOUND.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA10LA478](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10LA478), Sep 12, 2010: Piaggio P-180 (N590JL), Clearwater, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight crew did not ensure that the landing gear was down and that it indicated down through the takeoff sequence.

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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