# Incident 19790803029979I: Piper PA24, Stockton, CA, August 3, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 1979, 15:45 local time
- Place: Stockton, CA
- Airport: Metro
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9577° N, 121.2908° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Stockton, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9577&lon=-121.2908&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7654P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7654P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-180 (registry code 7102403, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,325 total, 35 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/19790803029979I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT RETRACTED GEAR INSTEAD OF FLAPS BEFORE INSTRUCTOR COULD PREVENT ACTION.

## Other reports on N7654P (1)

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

- [Incident 20031129032079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031129032079I), Nov 29, 2003: Piper PA24180 (N7654P), Santa Ana, CA, Minor damage. (-23) Robert bohn was piloting a Piper PA-24-180, N7654P. While taking off at John Wayne airport runway 19R the engine lost power in a right turn at…

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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