# Incident 19790418024129I: Piper PA24250, Oakland, CA, April 18, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 18, 1979, 19:30 local time
- Place: Oakland, CA
- Airport: Metro
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.8044° N, 122.2708° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oakland, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8044&lon=-122.2708&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8338P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8338P) (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: 115 total, 34 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/19790418024129I

## Narrative

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

PILOT FAILED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR BEFORE TOUCHDOWN.

## Other reports on N8338P (1)

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

- [Incident 19780805050179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780805050179I), Aug 5, 1978: Piper PA28/ (N8338P), Orr, MN, Minor damage. Aircraft drifted off side of runway at night and struck runway light.

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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