# Incident 19781028027529I: Piper PA28R200, Chicago, IL, October 28, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 28, 1978, 17:50 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Midway
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.8500° N, 87.6501° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8500&lon=-87.6501&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55820, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55820-2000-11-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 450 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/19781028027529I

## Narrative

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

PILOT FORGOT TO EXTEND GEAR BEFORE TOUCH DOWN.

## Other reports on N55820 (1)

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

- [Accident 20000326004089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000326004089A), Mar 26, 2000: Piper PA28R200 (N55820), Lehighton, PA, Destroyed. (.4)The airplane was landing on runway 26, a 3,000 foot-long, 50 foot-wide, asphalt runway. A witness observed the airplane touchdown on the runway, still…

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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