# Incident 19780804050559I: Piper PA23250, State College, PA, August 4, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 1978, 12:00 local time
- Place: State College, PA
- Airport: University Park
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7910° N, 77.8568° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of State College, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7910&lon=-77.8568&mi=10
- Aircraft: N63974 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,400 total, 250 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/19780804050559I

## Narrative

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

PILOT MADE GEAR UP LANDING. GEAR HANDLE PARTIALLY DOWN.

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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