# Incident 19790409010509I: Piper PA23, Wilson, NC, April 9, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 1979, 18:20 local time
- Place: Wilson, NC
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.7213° N, 77.9155° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wilson, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7213&lon=-77.9155&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1394P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1394P-2012-06-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23 (registry code 7102302, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,800 total, 25 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/19790409010509I

## Narrative

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

FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR SHUT DOWN ENGINE ON DESCENT, GEAR HAD TO BE PUMPED DOWN. NOT SUFFICIENT TIME, HAD TO LAND RUNWAY

## Other reports on N1394P (1)

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

- [Incident 19880407022369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880407022369I), Apr 7, 1988: Piper PA23 (N1394P), Phoenix, AZ, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed on a landing rollout. Found a broken nose gear upper drag link rod.

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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