# Incident 19780417010909I: Piper PA28/, East Lansing, MI, April 17, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 17, 1978, 18:00 local time
- Place: East Lansing, MI
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7489° N, 84.4824° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of East Lansing, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7489&lon=-84.4824&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55711, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N55711) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28/
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 1,200 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/19780417010909I

## Narrative

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

PILOT FAILED TO EXTEND GEAR FOR LANDING.

## Other reports on N55711 (1)

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

- [Incident 19810329026319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810329026319I), Mar 29, 1981: Piper PA28R200 (N55711), Crystal River, FL, Minor damage. Pilot landed aircraft with gear retracted. He stated he put gear down on downwind leg. Did not recall sieing lights

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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