# Incident 20170913019349I: Piper PA-34-220T, New Orleans, LA, September 13, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 13, 2017, 12:30 local time
- Place: New Orleans, LA
- Airport: Lakefront
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0424° N, 90.0282° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKEFRONT (NEW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0424&lon=-90.0282&mi=10
- Aircraft: N83435, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N83435) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-220T (registry code 7103420, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-220t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34-220T
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,350 total, 11 in this make and model, 261 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170913019349I

## Narrative

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

09/13/2017-17:40Z- LEFT MAIN GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT AFTER DEPARTURE, RETURNED AND LANDED RWY18R.

09/14/2017- MADE CONTACT WITH PIC. AFTER RETURNING TO KNEW PIC STATED HE DECIDED TO FLY THE AIRCRAFT FROM KNEW TO KHUM FOR MAINTENANCE. LANDING GEAR WAS NOT DEFERRED IN ANYWAY AND NO FERRY PERMIT HAD BEEN GRANTED.

AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED AND TURNBUCKLE WAS R&R'ED BY HAMMONDS AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE.

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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