# Accident 19760416016789A: Piper PA24260, Albuquerque, NM, April 16, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 16, 1976
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Airport: Albuquerque International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 35.0416° N, 106.5560° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Albuquerque Airport (1928), closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0416&lon=-106.5560&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8901P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8901P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 290 total, 5 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760416016789A

## Narrative

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

PILOT LOWERED GEAR MANUALLY.UNSAFE GEAR LIGHT.GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING ROLL

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N8901P (1)

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

- [Incident 20040101000359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040101000359I), Jan 1, 2004: Piper PA24260 (N8901P), Miller, SD, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot wilbur hurd took off from Miller, SD to practice touch and go landings in N8901P, a Piper PA-24 aircraft. On the second touchdown Mr. Hurd forgot…

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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