# Incident 19790707019899I: Piper PA24250, Ottumwa, IA, July 7, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 1979, 13:59 local time
- Place: Ottumwa, IA
- Airport: Industrial
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0223° N, 92.4233° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ottumwa, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0223&lon=-92.4233&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5835P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5835P) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 275 total, 175 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/19790707019899I

## Narrative

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

LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON TOUCHDOWN DUE TO BENT RETRACTION ARM.

## Other reports on N5835P (1)

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

- [Incident 19981216042009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981216042009I), Dec 16, 1998: Piper PA24250 (N5835P), Garden City, KS, Minor damage. (-5)On 12/16/98 the aircraft departed from wichita, KS. (Ict) at app. 15:30PM enroute to Colorado springs, CO. (Cos) on an IFR flight plan. The aircraft lost…

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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