# Incident 19790725021979I: Piper PA28R201, El Paso, TX, July 25, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 25, 1979, 19:00 local time
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Airport: International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.7587° N, 106.4869° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Paso, TX, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7587&lon=-106.4869&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40004, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N40004) (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: 3,500 total, 40 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/19790725021979I

## Narrative

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

INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT LACKED COMMUNICATION SKILLS IN COCKPIT. STUDENT RETRACTED GEAR INSTEAD OF FLAPS.

## Other reports on N40004 (1)

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

- [Incident 19850225010609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850225010609I), Feb 25, 1985: Piper PA28R201 (N40004), Dallas, TX, Minor damage. Nose gear retracted during taxi. Broken linkage in nose gear.

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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