# Incident 19790117002359I: Piper PA23250, Gambell, AK, January 17, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 1979, 11:00 local time
- Place: Gambell, AK
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 63.7767° N, 171.7199° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gambell, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=63.7767&lon=-171.7199&mi=10
- Aircraft: N14348, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N14348-1983-05-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 1,500 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/19790117002359I

## Narrative

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

PILOT ABORTED FIRST LANDING PASS RETRACTED THE GEAR AND FORGOT TO LOWER IT ON THE SECOND TRY

## Other reports on N14348 (2)

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

- [Accident 19810901090029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810901090029A), Sep 1, 1981: Piper PA23250 (N14348), Little Diomede, AK, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Struck vertical rock cliffs on fog shrouded island, while in a climb possibly trying to clear obstruction. Burned.
- [Accident 19731207041339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731207041339A), Dec 7, 1973: Piper PA23250 (N14348), Vera Cruz, Substantial damage. Investigatn undr jurisdictn of govt of Mexico.

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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