# Incident 20220730021179I: Piper PA-34-200T, Blaine, MN, July 30, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 2022, 11:40 local time
- Place: Blaine, MN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.1608° N, 93.2349° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Blaine, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.1608&lon=-93.2349&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8111P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8111P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34-200T
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220730021179I

## Narrative

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

AFTER DEPARTURE PIC ADVISED TOWER NOSE GEAR DIDN'T RETRACT. AIRCRAFT FLEW NORTH, ASSESSED PROBLEM, AND CAME BACK FOR A LOW APPROACH. TOWER ADVISED ALL THREE GEAR APPEARED DOWN. PIC STATED THREE IN GREEN, AIRCRAFT CLEARED TO LAND RWY 18. APPROACH APPEARED NORMAL UNTIL AIRCRAFT VERVED OFF THE EAST SIDE OF RWY 18. PIC NOTIFIED GROUND CREW, GOT OUT AND SAW SCISSOR LINK DANGLING, GRASS TORN UP, TOOK PICTURES. GROUND CREW REPLACED LEFT LANDING GEAR SCISSOR LINK AND BOLT, TOWED ACFT BACK TO MAIN BASE.

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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