# Incident 19790514026799I: Piper PA24250, Dodge City, KS, May 14, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 1979, 18:31 local time
- Place: Dodge City, KS
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7607° N, 100.0184° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dodge City, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7607&lon=-100.0184&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7156P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7156P) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,300 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/19790514026799I

## Narrative

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

GEAR COULD NOT BE EXTENDED FOR LANDING. PROBABLE CAUSE WAS RUST AND CAKED GREASE ON CABLES.

## Other reports on N7156P (1)

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

- [Incident 20040109000299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040109000299I), Jan 9, 2004: Piper PA24250 (N7156P), Gainesville, TX, Minor damage. (-23) On 01-09-04 at 1303 CST, a PA-24-250, registration number N7156P, owned by weinzapfel, joe m. at [privacy data omitted] while landing on a personal…

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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