# Incident 19780116003219I: Piper PA24250, Farmingdale, NJ, January 16, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 16, 1978, 16:30 local time
- Place: Farmingdale, NJ
- Airport: Monmouth
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1984° N, 74.1701° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Farmingdale, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1984&lon=-74.1701&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8066P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8066P-1993-05-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 75 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/19780116003219I

## Narrative

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

PROBABLE INADVERTANT RETRACTION OF LANDING GEAR ON ROLLOUT FOLLOWING LANDING.

## Other reports on N8066P (1)

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

- [Accident 19830102000239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830102000239A), Jan 2, 1983: Piper PA24250 (N8066P), Beaufort, SC, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Attitude gyro failed and pilot was unable to maintain controlled flight in instrument weather conditions.

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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