# Incident 19790726021379I: Piper PA24260, Ainsworth, NE, July 26, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 26, 1979, 21:45 local time
- Place: Ainsworth, NE
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5484° N, 99.8575° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ainsworth, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5484&lon=-99.8575&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9423P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9423P-1992-02-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 30 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/19790726021379I

## Narrative

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

GEAR COLLAPSED ON TOUCHDOWN. FOUND TRANSMISSION ATTACH BRACKETS BROKEN.

## Other reports on N9423P (1)

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

- [Accident 19911226057279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911226057279A), Dec 26, 1991: Piper PA24260 (N9423P), Bridgeport, CT, Destroyed. Engine quit on climbout. Crash landed across freeway median. Ice in fuel system. Not fueled for two months.

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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