# Incident 19790527028109I: Piper PA24260, Chestertown, MD, May 27, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 1979, 14:00 local time
- Place: Chestertown, MD
- Airport: Russell
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2184° N, 76.0740° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chestertown, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2184&lon=-76.0740&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8585P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8585P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,027 total, 5,000 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/19790527028109I

## Narrative

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

PILOT FAILED TO CHECK GEAR DOWN BEFORE LANDING, LANDED GEAR UP.

## Other reports on N8585P (1)

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

- [Incident 20060616027719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060616027719I), Jun 16, 2006: Piper PA24260 (N8585P), Houghton Lake, MI, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot was landing at night, looking for deer on the runway, forgot to put gear down.

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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