# Incident 19780329010669I: Piper PA24260, Bowling Green, OH, March 29, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 29, 1978, 11:30 local time
- Place: Bowling Green, OH
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3791° N, 83.6479° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bowling Green, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3791&lon=-83.6479&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8995P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8995P-1991-06-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 100 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/19780329010669I

## Narrative

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

LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER TOUCHDOWN. PILOT SAID HE HAD A GEAR SAFE INDICATION.

## Other reports on N8995P (2)

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

- [Incident 19840429027489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840429027489I), Apr 29, 1984: Piper PA24260 (N8995P), Bowling Green, OH, Minor damage. Unable to extend the gear. Landed gear up. Conduit for retraction cable blocked the gear. Ball joint not crimped.
- [Accident 19760814029679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760814029679A), Aug 14, 1976: Piper PA24260 (N8995P), Bowling Green, OH, Substantial damage

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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