# Incident 19780712043329I: Piper PA24250, Charlottesville, VA, July 12, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 1978, 22:00 local time
- Place: Charlottesville, VA
- Airport: Albemarle
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0377° N, 78.4854° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Charlottesville, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0377&lon=-78.4854&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7929P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7929P) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 30 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/19780712043329I

## Narrative

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

GEAR HAD TO BE EXTENDED MANUALLY. MANUAL EXTENSION HANDLE TRAVEL OBSTRUCTED BY AVIONICS. COULD HAVE BEEN DONE.

## Other reports on N7929P (2)

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

- [Incident 19910531018749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910531018749I), May 31, 1991: Piper PA24 (N7929P), Waverly, VA, Minor damage. Oil pressure dropping en route. Engine quit. Landed in corn field with gear up. Oil line was broken.
- [Incident 19870921073479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870921073479I), Sep 21, 1987: Piper PA24250 (N7929P), Charlottesville, VA, Minor damage. Practicing takeoffs and landings. Forgot to lower landing gear. Landed 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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