# Incident 19780115003109I: Piper PA24260, Lamesa, TX, January 15, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 15, 1978, 14:15 local time
- Place: Lamesa, TX
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ops On Grnd From Ldg/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7333° N, 101.9538° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lamesa, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7333&lon=-101.9538&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8681P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8681P-2003-01-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 500 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780115003109I

## Narrative

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

INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED LANDING GEAR ON LANDING ROLLOUT.

## Other reports on N8681P (1)

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

- [Accident 20020630015109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020630015109A), Jun 30, 2002: Piper PA24260 (N8681P), Gorman, TX, No damage, 4 fatal. (-23) On June 30, 2002, at 1150 CDT, a Piper PA-24-260, N8681P, owned by ronald neil raney, [privacy data omitted] had an accident while enroute to an unknown…

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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