# Incident 19790715020939I: Piper PA24260, Royal City, WA, July 15, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 1979, 15:00 local time
- Place: Royal City, WA
- Airport: Christensen
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.9207° N, 119.5900° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHRISTENSEN FLD (8WA6), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.9207&lon=-119.5900&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9157P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9157P) (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: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 300 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/19790715020939I

## Narrative

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

ZW LANDED GEAR UP.

## Other reports on N9157P (2)

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

- [Incident 19960229010589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960229010589I), Feb 29, 1996: Piper PA24260 (N9157P), Ocala, FL, Minor damage. Narrative: the pilot landed on the grass west of runway 36, gear-up. The prop was bent and the bottom of the aircraft suffered little damage. The pilot was not…
- [Incident 19780115003089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780115003089I), Jan 15, 1978: Piper PA24260 (N9157P), Orangeburg, NC, Minor damage. Complete electrical failure. Failed to extend gear after declutching motor.

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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