# Incident 20260429004789I: Piper PA-32RT-300, Lehighton, PA, April 29, 2026

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 29, 2026, 12:31 local time
- Place: Lehighton, PA
- Airport: Jake Arner Memorial
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8095° N, 75.7615° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JAKE ARNER MEML (22N), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8095&lon=-75.7615&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2214F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2214F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300 (registry code 7103215, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32RT-300
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,207 total, 226 in this make and model, 43 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260429004789I

## Narrative

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

HE (PILOT) TAXIED OUT AFTER FUELING AND PERFORMED ALL THE REQUIRED PRE TAKEOFF CHECKS, HE STARTED A NORMAL TAKEOFF ROLL AND AROUND 80 - 82 KNOTS, HALFWAY DOWN THE RUNWAY HE FELT LIKE HE WAS NOT ACCELERATING PROPERLY. THE AIRCRAFT BRIEFLY BROKE GROUND AND HE SELECTED THE GEAR UP BUT WHEN HE REALIZED THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT APPEAR TO HAVE THE PERFORMANCE TO CLIMB, HE ATTEMPTED TO LOWER THE GEAR BACK TO THE DOWN POSITION, ALL THREE LANDING GEAR CAME DOWN BUT IT WAS ONLY ENOUGH TIME FOR THE MAIN LANDING GEAR TO LOCK THE NOSEWHEEL DID NOT, IT COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A REST ON THE NOSE, HE CHECKED FOR SMOKE OR FIRE AND SHUT OFF THE FUEL MIXTURE, THE PROP AND THROTTLE REMAINED FORWARD.

## Other reports on N2214F (2)

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

- [Incident 19941216047049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941216047049I), Dec 16, 1994: Piper PA32RT300 (N2214F), Estill, SC, Minor damage. Overshot runway landing, collapsed gear and bent prop.
- [Incident 19870626039299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870626039299I), Jun 26, 1987: Piper PA32RT300 (N2214F), Ogden, UT, Minor damage. Landing gear would not retract completely after takeoff. Landed with nose gear trailing then right main collapsed.

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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