# Incident 19790408012149I: Piper PA30, Gaithersburg, MD, April 8, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 8, 1979, 08:45 local time
- Place: Gaithersburg, MD
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1486° N, 77.1951° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gaithersburg, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1486&lon=-77.1951&mi=10
- Aircraft: N70704 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,785 total, 1,915 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/19790408012149I

## Narrative

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

PILOT ACTUATED THE GEAR SWITCH BUT THE CIRCUIT BREAKER HAD POPPED. DID NOT CHECK FOR SAFE GEAR INDICATION.

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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