# Incident 19780622047209I: Piper PA24250, St Joseph, MO, June 22, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 22, 1978, 09:05 local time
- Place: St Joseph, MO
- Airport: Rosecrans Memoria
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7686° N, 94.8466° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Joseph, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7686&lon=-94.8466&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7774P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7774P-2017-09-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 50 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/19780622047209I

## Narrative

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

DIFFICULTY EXTENDING GEAR, NO SAFE LIGHT. GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER TOUCHDOWN INDICATOR WIRE WAS BROKEN.

## Other reports on N7774P (2)

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

- [Accident 20120825018619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120825018619A), Aug 25, 2012: Piper PA-24-250 (N7774P), Steamboat Sprin, CO, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On 08/25/2012 at approximately 1251 hrs. MDT, N7774P, a Piper model PA-24-250 comanche aircraft was discovered destroyed after impacting terrain 9.5 miles west…
- [Incident 19801214090119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801214090119I), Dec 14, 1980: Piper PA24250 (N7774P), North Richland, TX. Pilot smelled smoke in cockpit. Returned for landing. Gear collapsed on rollout.

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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