# Incident 19790209005979I: Piper PA24250, Salisbury, MD, February 9, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 9, 1979, 14:10 local time
- Place: Salisbury, MD
- Airport: Wicomico
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3752° N, 75.5866° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Salisbury, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3752&lon=-75.5866&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6978P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6978P) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 150 total, 26 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/19790209005979I

## Narrative

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

GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER TOUCHDOWN, CAUSE UNDETERMINED.

## Other reports on N6978P (3)

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

- [Incident 20230529008599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230529008599I), May 29, 2023: Piper PA-24-250 (N6978P), Farmingdale, NY, Minor damage. Pilot failed to extend the gear before landing
- [Incident 19960821035549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960821035549I), Aug 21, 1996: Piper PA24250 (N6978P), Cross Keys, NJ, Minor damage. Narrative: pilot failed to lower the landing gear prior to landing and performed an inadvertant gear-up landing. The airplane sustained minor damage. [privacy…
- [Incident 19930422016639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930422016639I), Apr 22, 1993: Piper PA24250 (N6978P), Kinston, NC, Minor damage. Electrical problems en route. Attempted to lower landing gear. Gear collpased on rollout.

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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