# Incident 19780704042089I: Piper PA24, Saginaw, MI, July 4, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 1978, 17:20 local time
- Place: Saginaw, MI
- Airport: Tri City
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.4177° N, 83.9547° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Saginaw, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4177&lon=-83.9547&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6606P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6606P-2017-07-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24 (registry code 7102402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 450 total, 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/19780704042089I

## Narrative

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

PILOT INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED LANDING GEAR ON ROLLOUT. NO GEAR MALFUNCTION FOUND.

## Other reports on N6606P (2)

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

- [Accident 20021104037629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021104037629A), Nov 4, 2002: Piper PA24 (N6606P), Fond Du Lac, WI, Destroyed, 2 fatal. (-23) On nov 4, 2002, at approximately 1735 central standard time, a Piper PA24, N6606P hit a power line, about 2.2 miles south of the Fond Du Lac airport,…
- [Accident 19990830025499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990830025499A), Aug 30, 1999: Piper PA24 (N6606P), Minneapolis, MN, Substantial damage. (.19) On August 30, 1999, at 1145 central daylight time, a Piper PA-24, N6606P, piloted by a private pilot sustained substantial damage during a gear up…

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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