# Incident 19790517026999I: Piper PA28R201, El Reno, OK, May 17, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 1979, 19:00 local time
- Place: El Reno, OK
- Airport: Mustang
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 35.5323° N, 97.9550° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Reno, OK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5323&lon=-97.9550&mi=10
- Aircraft: N50U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N50U-2018-01-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201 (registry code 7102816, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R201
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,250 total, 400 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/19790517026999I

## Narrative

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

FAILED TO EXTEND GEAR FOR LANDING. PILOT AND STUDENT HAD GEAR OVERRIDE ENGAGED.

## Other reports on N50U (1)

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

- [Accident 19861226086019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861226086019A), Dec 26, 1986: Piper PA28R201 (N50U), Gorman, CA, Destroyed. The aircraft flew into trees at night. Pilot failed to adequately monitor the foreign copilot who was in control.

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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